Re: difference of cell arrays behavior between octave-3.0.5 and octave-3.4.2

[Sergei Steshenko]

--- On Mon, 8/1/11, Sergei Steshenko <address@hidden> wrote:

> From: Sergei Steshenko <address@hidden>
> Subject: difference of cell arrays behavior between octave-3.0.5 and 
> octave-3.4.2
> To: address@hidden
> Date: Monday, August 1, 2011, 2:31 AM
> In octave-3.0.5 I have:
> 
> "
> octave:1> foo{1}(:) = []
> foo =
> 
> {
>   [1,1] = [](0x0)
> }
> 
> octave:2> foo{2}(:) = [2;3]
> foo =
> 
> {
>   [1,1] = [](0x0)
>   [1,2] =
> 
>      2   3
> 
> }
> 
> octave:3> 
> ".
> 
> In octave-3.4.2 I have:
> 
> "
> foo{1}(:) = []
> foo =
> {
>   [1,1] = [](0x0)
> }
> octave:2> foo{2}(:) = [2;3]
> error: A(I) = X: X must have the same size as I
> octave:2>
> ".
> 
> 
> Why is it so that in octave-3.4.2 I have an error ?
> 
> Why at all size checking kicks in - "foo{2}(:)" doesn't yet
> have size,
> it should be created according to RHS.
> 
> Which of the two behaviors is nominally correct (Matlab) ?
> 
> I've discovered this by running my code which works under
> octave-3.0.5
> and which stopped working under octave-3.4.2.
> 
> Thanks,
>   Sergei.
> 
> 
> 

Probably not an issue. I have packages from octave-3.0.5; when I try
with these packages removed, the small test case works the same way as
in octave-3.0.5.

Thanks,
  Sergei.