[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #51586] Creating method handle fails using str2func

[Piotr Held]

Follow-up Comment #3, bug #51586 (project octave):

It is *not* matlab compatible. 

As far as I could tell Matlab resolves fcn_handles at runtime so if you have
two classes with the same method name (let's call it 'foo') Matlab will let
you:


a = class1;
b = class2;
fcn_handle = str2func('foo'); %str2func('@foo') or @foo also work
fcn_handle(a);
fcn_hanlde(b);

and each time the proper method is called for each class.

With Octave the fcn_handles are resolved at assignment so the function you are
pointing to must be visible to the interpreter when you create the handle.
Matlab only checks if the handle makes sense when you use it.



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