Unexpected syntax error in Octave 3.2.2

[Bård Skaflestad]

Dear Octave,

I have installed

        octave:37> ver
        ----------------------------------------------------------------------
        GNU Octave Version 3.2.2
        GNU Octave License: GNU General Public License
        Operating System: Linux 2.6.31-20-generic #58-Ubuntu SMP Fri Mar
        12 04:38:19 UTC 2010 x86_64
        ----------------------------------------------------------------------
        no packages installed.
        
and observe the following unexpected syntax error

        octave:38> [reshape (1:5, [], 1); -1]
        parse error:
        
          syntax error
        
        >>> [reshape (1:5, [], 1); -1]
                           ^

This appears to be an error in the Octave parser as That Other Software
yields the expected output, [1; 2; 3; 4; 5; -1].  I should note that
replacing the implicit [vert]cat call with an explict call such as

        vertcat(reshape (1:5, [], 1), -1)

or

        cat(1, reshape (1:5, [], 1), -1)

makes the call succeed.  Is this error also present in more recent
editions of Octave?


Best regards,
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Bård Skaflestad                           <address@hidden>
SINTEF ICT, Applied mathematics