Re: Octave in Google Summer of Code 2013

[Ben Abbott]

On Feb 13, 2013, at 7:27 AM, Juan Pablo Carbajal wrote:

> On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 1:21 PM, Michael Goffioul
> <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
>> On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 7:06 AM, Duncan Shepherd
>> <address@hidden> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Guys
>>> 
>>> In view of the topic, can I ask what the status us with the classdef
>>> project?  I've seen it mentioned a few times over the last year or so (eg
>>> http://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/interview-with-john-w.-eaton-of-gnu-octave),
>>> and it's listed on the project page as being 'underway', but that's all I
>>> know. Is this something that could be put into GSoC?
>> 
>> The current work on classdef is being located into the "classdef" branch on
>> the octave repository. It contains a functional implementation, which is far
>> from complete, but already provides basic features like: inheritance, access
>> control, direct and (more recently) indirect method call, static methods,
>> constant properties...
>> 
>> Michael.
> 
> Michel,
> 
> Are you able to get classdef work in Darwin systems?

Juan,

By Darwin, do you mean the operating system that MacOS is based on?
 
If so, I've been experimenting with it on MacOS X.  The only problems I've 
found have been unimplemented or incomplete features that are on Michael's 
to-do list.

Ben