Re: implicit_str_to_num_ok=1

[Joao Cardoso]

address@hidden wrote:

> Daniel Heiserer wrote:
> >
> > I try to write my code non-braindead compatible
> > IN ORDER TO POSTE IT TO THE SOURCE LIST, not for my own!

...

> The only way to write portable code that remains user-friendly is to
> ignore all defaults, save all builtins that might affect your code,
> set them to what you require, and restore them before exiting.

There is a small problem (inconsistency) with this approach related with
the `hold' command: it is not possible to store/restore its current
value. The ideal would be:

    old_hold=ishold;
    ...
    hold(old_state)

instead you have to to:

    old_hold=ishold;
    ...
    hold off
    if (old_hold == 1)
        hold on
    endif

a minor problem, of course,

Joao

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