[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #57604] clear -v clears everything

[Rik]

Update of bug #57604 (project octave):

              Item Group:                    None => Matlab Compatibility   
                  Status:                    None => Works For Me           

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Follow-up Comment #1:

Do you have a test case that demonstrates this?  I used a global variable to
check and it works fine.


octave:1> global gvar;
octave:2> gvar = 1;
octave:3> lvar = 2;
octave:4> whos
Variables in the current scope:

   Attr Name        Size                     Bytes  Class
   ==== ====        ====                     =====  ===== 
        ans         1x20                        20  char
     g  gvar        1x1                          8  double
        lvar        1x1                          8  double

Total is 22 elements using 36 bytes

octave:5> clear -v
octave:6> whos
octave:7> global gvar
octave:8> whos
Variables in the current scope:

   Attr Name        Size                     Bytes  Class
   ==== ====        ====                     =====  ===== 
     g  gvar        1x1                          8  double

Total is 1 element using 8 bytes

octave:9> gvar
gvar =  1


The local variable which is an instance of the global variable is removed by
the clear statement.  But the global variable is not cleared, and can be
re-accessed by declaring a local instance again.  This is the same behavior I
see in Matlab.



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