Re: syntax error indicator missing in Octave 6

[Rik]

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parse syntax error caret indicator missing in 6

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Colin Macdonald <address@hidden>

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02/29/2020 03:25 PM

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The caret syntax error indicator seems to missing in 6.0.  Is this a regression?  Its still mentioned in doc/interpreter/basics.txi

In 5.2:

```
octave:1> 1 + (2 + !)
parse error:

  syntax error

>>> 1 + (2 + !)
              ^

```

In 6.0 and 7.0 from git/hg:

```
1 + (2 + !))
error: parse error:

  syntax error

```
(tested with today's tip and much older 6.0 stable)

I have a vague sense this was discussed, so apologies if this is a dupe.

thanks,
Colin

-- 
Colin Macdonald
Associate Professor
Dept of Math, UBC

Yes, this is a regression.  I filed a bug report about this back in January (https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?57536).  Unfortunately there aren't a lot of coders with expertise in the parser portion of Octave, perhaps only jwe at this point.

--Rik