Re: imaginary unit

[Paul Kienzle]

On Apr 28, 2006, at 11:31 AM, Donald J Bindner wrote:

> On Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 12:27:17PM -0600, Dmitri A. Sergatskov wrote:
> > The mess is not limited to variables.
> > You can also overwrite thinks like rand:
> > octave:1> rand=3
> > rand = 3
> > octave:2> rand(10)
> > error: invalid vector index = 10
>
> I think the most insidious version of this I have seen is
> redefining clear.  Because then you can't clear it...
>
> octave:1> clear=3
> clear =3
> octave:2> clear(clear)
> error: invalid vector index = 3

... without using tricks.

feval("clear","clear")


        - Paul