[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #50599] misleading error message: invalid use of end

[Lars Kindermann]

URL:
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                 Summary: misleading error message: invalid use of end
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: larskindermann
            Submitted on: Mon 20 Mar 2017 10:34:42 PM UTC
                Category: Interpreter
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Missed Error or Warning
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: dev
        Operating System: Any

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Details:

for an undefined variable containing *end* in the subscripts an irritating
error message is shown:


>> xyz(1:2)
error: 'xyz' undefined near line 1 column 1

>> xyz(1:end)
error: invalid use of end





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