Re: [generate_html] The INDEX file and listing non-existent functions

[Carnë Draug]

On 21 January 2015 at 07:01, Oliver Heimlich <address@hidden> wrote:
> The manual says [1] the INDEX file of a package may refer to expected, but
> non-existent functions with the "fn = use <f>isempty</f> instead" syntax.
>
> However, these lines are ignored when I use the generate_package_html
> function. Is this feature not implemented yet?
>
> [1] https://www.gnu.org/software/octave/doc/interpreter/The-INDEX-File.html

I don't know about why such feature is missing but I think we should just
drop it.  "expected but non-existent"?  Why should it be expected if it is
missing?  If the function does not exist, then just don't list it.  Octave
core already has __unimplemented__() to handle such cases.

Carnë