Re: Some strfns.cc loose ends

[Daniel J Sebald]

On 07/25/2012 07:43 PM, John W. Eaton wrote:

> | In any case, thoughts on getting rid of the FIXME by simply error-ing
> | out when the element is a non-string as opposed to skipping and
> | indicating 0?
>
> If you want compatibility with Matlab you can't produce an error
> here.  Complete compatibility means no warning either.  But at least
> with a warning with an ID, the user has the choice of disabling it or
> turning it into an error.

That's what Matlab is doing?  Strange.  I would think the warning is 
fine (and a good idea).  How about put the warning in to remove the 
FIXME?  If someone raises an issue then the warning can be revisited.

So then, what about .is_cellstr()?  Any slow down associated with that?

Dan