Strange parse error

[Peter Gawthrop]

The following code:

function x = foo ()
  eval("arg = 1")
  x = sin(arg);
endfunction

Give a
parse error near line 3 of file foo.m
  syntax error
>>>   x = sin(arg);

presumably because octave thinks that arg is the built-in of that name
rather than a variable.

I am running octave  2.1.57 under debian.

  Any ideas?

  P.

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