Re: fsolve bug? and strange behavior

[Paul Kienzle]

On Jun 12, 2005, at 12:31 PM, Matthias Heiler wrote:
> Second, in the script below, if the function fn is already defined
> before calling calc_yield then this definition is used instead of the
> one inside the script.  This seems wrong since it makes it essentially
> impossible to securely write functions with fsolve inside.  (You never
> can be sure which function happens to get solved.)

Use @fn inside the function.

> Third, the global definition in the script doesn't make the variables
> really global.  I.e., they are not available on top level after the
> script is executed.  I think, this is a good thing, but contrasts to
> the description given by "help global".

At the toplevel you have to say "global v" to access the global symbol.

- Paul



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