Re: typeinfo

[Ernst Reissner]

On 04/13/2018 11:50 AM, Carlo De Falco wrote:
>
>> On 13 Apr 2018, at 09:24, Ernst Reissner <address@hidden> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>> i am about to resurrect javaoctave, software to access octave from
>> within java
>> (a feature also matlab offers).
>> One task is to provide a means to initialize a variable with any kind of
>> octave object.
>> I found here the command typeinfo which offers seemingly all types to be
>> considered.
>>
>> What makes me feel uncomfortable is what help typeinfo displays:
>>      If EXPR is omitted, return a cell array of strings containing all
>>      the currently installed data types.
>> What does mean currently installed data types?
>> Does this list depend solely on the octave version
>> or is there a way to install more types on a given octave version?
>>
>> Thank you for helping.
>>
>> Greetings,
>>
>> Ernst
>
> Yes, new types can be registered with the C++ API.
> This feature is used by some extension packages.
>
> c.

Ah, Thank you..

Could you point me to the description in the octave manual?

Thank you.