[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #66440] have structfun accept multiple structures as argument

[Nicholas Jankowski]

Update of bug #66440 (group octave):

                Category:                    None => Octave Function
                Severity:              3 - Normal => 1 - Wish
                Priority:              5 - Normal => 3 - Low

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Follow-up Comment #1:

this was the first time i realized structfun didn't work like cellfun that
way.  strange design choice, but that does match matlab behavior and it's been
that way for ~20yrs.  Looking at how the current function works, you can
always call cellfun(@fun, struct2cell(A), struct2cell(B),...) as a workaround.
 obviously the structs will have to 'match' according to whatever @fun wants.


Since the current struct2fun doesn't accept anything but name/value pairs
after the struct input, in theory an extension could be written that allows
multiple struct inputs, and then the first char/string input is assumed to be
the start of the name-value pairs. How much input checking to do on the
structs (making sure they match) etc would be a decision to make. I guess it
could stop at them having the same fieldnames, and any other checks would be
dependent on fun.

updating metadata and marking as a marking this as low severity.  structfun is
an m-file, so anyone wanting to take a stab at a patch to implement this is
welcome to do so even if it wouldn't make it into core octave.


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