[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #50894] error message for exist() does not report file or line number

[Ceral Paquet]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?50894>

                 Summary: error message for exist() does not report file or
line number
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: octavebugs
            Submitted on: Fri 28 Apr 2017 06:26:31 PM UTC
                Category: None
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: None
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 4.2.1
        Operating System: GNU/Linux

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Details:

Normally errors messages give a nice message telling you where the error is
and which file. The exist() function lacks this info.

Code:

function testtesttest()
a = 1;
exist(a)



Output:

>> testtesttest
error: wrong type argument 'scalar'
error: exist: NAME must be a string






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