Re: OOP in Octave

[Lukas Reichlin]

On 13.09.2009, at 19:08, David Bateman wrote:

> Lukas Reichlin wrote:
> > Dear Octave Community
> >
> > Since the control package needs to be rewritten in an oop fashion,  
> > I started to play around with some Matlab examples. However, Octave  
> > gives a parsing error when I try to run an example:
> >
> > parse error near line 9 of file /Users/lukas/Desktop/polynom/ 
> > @DocPolynom/DocPolynom.m
> >
> >  syntax error
> >
> > >>>    end
> >         ^
> >
> > error: evaluating argument list element number 1
> > parse error near line 9 of file /Users/lukas/Desktop/polynom/ 
> > @DocPolynom/DocPolynom.m
> >
> >  syntax error
> >
> > >>>    end
> >         ^
> >
> > error: evaluating argument list element number 1
> > error: called from:
> > error:   /Users/lukas/Desktop/polynom/polytest.m at line 5, column 3
> > octave-3.2.2:5>
> >
> > The code is from the MathWorks without any changes, it runs  
> > perfectly in Matlab, so it should be OK. What do I need to change  
> > to get it up and running in Octave?
> >
> > Thanks for any help
> >
> > Regards,
> > Lukas
> >
> >
> > classdef DocPolynom
> There is no classdef in Octave yet, though some preliminary work is  
> done.. There is only the old matlab OOP style code in octave (ie  
> tough with the @ directories). The matlab docs for this style of  
> coding are at
>
> http://www.mathworks.com/access/helpdesk/help/pdf_doc/matlab/pre-version_7.6_oop.pdf
>
> and there is a chapter in the Octave manual in 3.2.2 on the OOP  
> support in octave
>
> D.
>
>
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Thanks for your quick reply. Do you know when the new style should be  
ready to use? (in one year, in two years or Octave 3.4, 3.6 ...)

Regards
Lukas