[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #29486] isvarname("name") ignores keyword status of "name"

[Judd Storrs]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?29486>

                 Summary: isvarname("name") ignores keyword status of "name"
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: judd
            Submitted on: Thu 08 Apr 2010 11:03:23 PM GMT
                Category: Interpreter
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: Incorrect Result
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: dev
        Operating System: GNU/Linux

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Details:

Currently, isvarname("name") only checks the general validity of the "name"
as a variable but does not specifically check to ensure the "name" is not a
keyword. Keywords are not valid variable names. Matlab is documented to
returns false for keywords and I verified this in R2007a.

The attached changeset compares "name" to the keyword list. The patch does
not cause additional test failures. The behavior of Matlab and octave with the
patch are not identical for all input because the keyword lists differ.



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Date: Thu 08 Apr 2010 11:03:23 PM GMT  Name: isvarname.changeset  Size: 1kB  
By: judd

<http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/download.php?file_id=20164>

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