list length

[Teemu Ikonen]

Hi,

If I recall, lists are now deprecated in favour of cell arrays, but still, I
ran into following inconsistency with the CVS version of Octave:

octave:1> length(list())
ans = 1
octave:2> length(list(1))
ans = 1
octave:3>

i.e. the null list has length 1 instead of 0. Of course, there is the odd
chance that this is so on purpose.

Should I remove all the dependencies on lists on my code if I want to use
the latest Octave, or are they guaranteed to work at least for a while?

Is there any chance of a new 2.1 -series release soon (and a subsequent Debian
package thanks to Dirk)? My scripts are relying on some subtle functionality
which is present only on the CVS version, but compiling CVS Octave to all
the computers I use is starting to be a bit of a pain.

Thanks,

Teemu



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