Re: Opinions on Matlab compatibility, Octave development

[Judd Storrs]

On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 11:08 AM, John W. Eaton <address@hidden> wrote:
> On  4-Jun-2010, Judd Storrs wrote:
>
> | Because the := would be a new token (and I can't think if any cases
> | this sequence of characters could ever show up in valid octave or
> | Matlab code)
>
> At least not until TMW introduces some new feature using this syntax
> that is different and incompatible with the one we've chosen, of
> course...

TMW already doesn't allow assignments in functions parameters lists.
They could just as easily add named parameters in a future release
using "=". So, if fear of future TMW changes is an issue, inline
assignments should be removed, too. ;)


--judd