Re: Idea: Extension of function / return syntax.

[Michael D. Godfrey]

On 01/07/2013 12:24 PM, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso wrote:
> New syntax is a very delicate matter... The multiple return arguments
> of Matlab that we have to keep in Octave are very problematic:
>
>      https://abandonmatlab.wordpress.com/2010/05/28/multiple-output-arguments/
>
> If nargout should ignore the new syntax and just work as it is, this
> is probably easiest, but I bet someone will think that this is the
> wrong choice.
>
> - Jordi G. H.
I agree that syntax changes are problematic, and Matlab compatibility
makes it worse.

Do you think that something like making "ans" global is of any use?

mg