[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #59570] variable editor should save a "range" variable to file as simple numbers

[Rik]

Follow-up Comment #1, bug #59570 (project octave):

I think it is a bad idea to have the behavior in the GUI and the CLI diverge
from each other.  "save x" would mean something different based solely on the
'--gui' option.

Also, while the '-text' format is readable by humans, the primary objective is
the secure storage and retrieval of variables for Octave.  If the user
specifically wants a human-readable or spreadsheet-readable file there are
already various options.  The "-ascii" option to save() will create a row
vector of numbers for a range type.  For spreadsheets or humans, csvwrite will
produce a comma-delimited row vector of numbers.

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