Re: nested functions?

[Benjamin Abbott]

> On Feb 18, 2014, at 4:24 PM, Mike Miller <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
>> On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 14:29:55 -0500, Vic Norton wrote:
>> The file "outerfunc.m" consisting of
>> 
>>   1;
>>   function outerfunc()
>>     global printhello = 1;
>>     nested1();
>>     function nested1()
>>       global printhello;
>>       if printhello
>>         printf("hello world\n");
>>       else
>>         printf("goodbye world\n");
>>       endif
>>     endfunction
>>   endfunction
>> 
>> produces the "nested functions not implemented in this context" error
>> message in Octave 3.8.0. However, if you comment out the "1;" line, it
>> works fine:
> 
> Right, that's what I meant by converting it to a function file, an
> m-file that defines a callable function versus a script file. If the
> first line (aside from comments) is a function definition, it is
> parsed as a function file, otherwise it is parsed as a script file.
> 
>> It would be interesting to see how this file works in Matlab. I don't
>> particularly like the Octave behavior.
> 
> Agree, if someone can test this in Matlab and post the results that
> would be helpful. You might go ahead and report this on the Octave bug
> tracker anyway.

Matlab doesn't support function functions defined at the command line or in 
scripts (only in function files)

Ben