Re: global variables

[Jaroslav Hajek]

On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 3:05 PM, Naveen Garg <address@hidden> wrote:
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> On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 10:46 PM, John W. Eaton <address@hidden> wrote:
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>> On 14-Dec-2009, Naveen Garg wrote:
>> | int parse_status;
>> | eval_string("global gvar", false, parse_status);
>> |
>> | I get:
>> |  error: eval: invalid use of statement list
>> |
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>> Why don't you avoid the eval and just use the set_global_variable
>> function?  That's what it is there for.
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> I could not find a "set_global_variable".
> I am already using set_global_value, but in order for me to have access to
> that value, i need to declare it global...
> http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/doc/interpreter/Global-Variables.html#Global-Variables
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>> JH: be more specific
> I would like access to the physical octave_value stored in the symbol_record
> for the global variables, so they can be manipulated directly ( I am working
> with large stacks of 2dimages (3d images) and will run out of memory if I
> have to keep copying all the images across the c api).
>

This is doable through symbol_record::varref, which returns a
reference to octave_value.

>> provide detailed explanation, or (even better) send patches.
> Once I figure out how to use symbol_record::def() and
> symbol_record::define(), I will do it myself, and possibly submit a patch.
>

It seems you talk about the 3.0.x version. The symbol table has been
rewritten for 3.2.x. The 3.0.x branch is closed, so no more patches
will be applied. I suggest you work with 3.2.x or development version.

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RNDr. Jaroslav Hajek
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Aeronautical Research and Test Institute (VZLU)
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