Re: wavread problems

[Bill Denney]

On Wed, 11 May 2005, Keith Goodman wrote:

> If that's the case for most users, then here's another alternative
> that also prints (verbose mode?) a snippet of code as it does the
> traceback:
>
> ERROR: `fidy' undefined
> /big/long/directory/path/myfunction.m
>    Line 86 column 13:
>    y = exp (sum (log (x), dim) / n);
> /somewhat/shorter/path/slick.m
>    Line ?? column ??:
>    match = all( [ y(1:n-1,:) == y(2:n,:) ]' );
> /random/matrix/theory/rmt.m
>    Line 113 column 14:
>    if ( nargin < 1 || nargin > 2 || (nargin...
> /octave/money/back/gaurantee/fx.m
>    Line 17 column 14:
>    usage ("unique (x) or unique (x, 'rows')");

I very much like this format, and I like the option of having a verbose 
mode that shows the actual line (or a snippet of the line if it is longer 
than the terminal is wide).  I think that the whole path should be 
included in the errors (even if it is longer than the console is wide) so 
that the user is sure to be certain where the file is.

I'm not available to work on stuff now, but if this isn't done by the time 
I am available (and the format has been agreed upon), I'd be willing to 
try to make a patch for it.

Bill

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