[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #43237] Plotting crashes if a file "x.oct" exists in the current directory

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                 Summary: Plotting crashes if a file "x.oct" exists in the
current directory
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: None
            Submitted on: Tue 16 Sep 2014 07:40:41 PM UTC
                Category: Plotting
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Crash
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: Ian Hutchinson
        Originator Email: address@hidden
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 3.8.1
        Operating System: GNU/Linux

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Details:

Title says it all: here's a terminal session to demonstrate:

address@hidden:~/src/octave$ octave
GNU Octave, version 3.8.1
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octave:1> x=1:20; plot(x)
octave:2> quit

address@hidden:~/src/octave$ touch x.oct
address@hidden:~/src/octave$ octave -q
octave:1> x=1:20; plot(x)
error: caught execution error in library function
error: called from:
error:   /usr/share/octave/3.8.1/m/plot/draw/private/__line__.m at line 116,
column 21
error:   /usr/share/octave/3.8.1/m/plot/draw/line.m at line 54, column 8
error:   /usr/share/octave/3.8.1/m/plot/draw/private/__plt__.m at line 497,
column 10
error:   /usr/share/octave/3.8.1/m/plot/draw/private/__plt__.m at line 243,
column 14
error:   /usr/share/octave/3.8.1/m/plot/draw/private/__plt__.m at line 202,
column 10
error:   /usr/share/octave/3.8.1/m/plot/draw/private/__plt__.m at line 118,
column 17
error:   /usr/share/octave/3.8.1/m/plot/draw/plot.m at line 220, column 10
octave:1> quit






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