Re: 2.1.40 strange

[Paul Kienzle]

octave:1> function f, eval ("function x=g(), disp('hello'); end"); end
octave:2> f
octave:3> g
hello
octave:4> exist("g")
ans = 103
octave:5> version
ans = 2.1.40

On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 10:35:34AM +0000, Etienne Grossmann wrote:
> 
>   Hello, I don't have enough elements to file a bug report yet, but I
> noticed some strange behavior in 2.1.40 :
> 
> - Some functions defined by eval ("function x = foo () <my code> end")
>   disappear; i.e. I define the function, it is visible up to a certain
>   point in my code and then (after returning from the function in
>   which it is def'd) it disappears (exist ("foo") == 0). Other
>   function do not disappear.
> 
> - Memory leaks? A script using only limited data (as verified by doing
>   "whos") dies with
> 
>     memory exhausted -- trying to return to prompt
> 
>   Both these problems appear in the same script, which calls a lot of
> my homemade functions. I will try to identify the problem, but my main
> preocupation now is to get the script running (I'd like to have some
> results today).
> 
>   More later on,
> 
>   Etienne
> 
> -- 
> Etienne Grossmann ------ http://www.isr.ist.utl.pt/~etienne
> 
> 
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