[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #55990] mex() function does not raise error when compilation fails

[Andrew Janke]

URL:
  <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55990>

                 Summary: mex() function does not raise error when compilation
fails
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: apjanke
            Submitted on: Sun 24 Mar 2019 06:59:43 PM UTC
                Category: Interpreter
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Incorrect Result
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: dev
        Operating System: Any

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Details:

The mex function does not raise an error when compilation fails. This means
it's hard for a calling script to detect when mex compilation happens. And for
code that's expecting Matlab's mex() behavior of erroring on failure, it can
mess up program logic; for example:
https://github.com/fieldtrip/fieldtrip/issues/1027.

I think the mex function should error() when compilation does not succeed.




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