[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #62362] __unimplemented__.m package function lists are out of date

[Carnë Draug]

Follow-up Comment #6, bug #62362 (project octave):

I guess the updated list of functions is a bit orthogonal to the original
issue. I think there's some confusion here about the goal of the error
messages displayed and I'd argue that this is i npart working as intended.
With the statistics package unloaded, we get:

1. for nlinfit a message saying to load the optim package. The nlfint function
is part of the Matlab optimisation package, so Octave says that it is probably
in the optim package. It does not know whether it is implemented or not, but
if it, then it should be done there.

2. for linprog, it tells to use glpk. Besides pointing to the right package
(for Matlab functions), it also has some smarter hints for alternatives. Maybe
it's time we stop recommending glpk for those that want to use linprog.

3. for powell we just have standard missing function error. powell is not a
function in any of the Matlab toolboxes, that's why there's no "smarter" error
message. I don't think we want to compile all the functions for all the
packages (and deal with possible clashes).


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