Re: Object Oriented Programming in Octave

[James Moliere]

David Bateman wrote:
> Banerjee,Pradipto wrote:
>   
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a question whose answer I couldn’t find on the Octave website. 
> > Does Octave support Object Oriented Programming, e.g. functions like 
> > classdef, properties, methods, etc?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Pradipto
> >
> >     
> Not the new style Malab OOP with classdef, but the old style OOP is 
> supported in Octave 3.2.0.. There was discussion of implementing 
> classdef style OOP and there is some very very early code on the 
> developers list. Come back in 6 to 12 months and I'm sure the situation 
> will have changed. Till then use the old style OOP. Matlab has only 
> supported the classdef OOP stuff for about 18 months themselves so there 
> is lot more old style OOP code out there in any case.
>
> D.
>
>
>   
Could someone describe the status of classdef style OOP in Octave at 
this time in the development version.  In a nutshell, is there enough 
there to start playing with the capability?

I could really use that capability now or in the near future. 

Thanks!