[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #59950] exist function

[Philip Nienhuis]

Follow-up Comment #3, bug #59950 (project octave):

FWIW, Matlab (2021a prerelease) even accepts this:

>> exist ('', '')
ans =
     0
>> exist ('')  % A variable with an empty name obviously doesn't exist
ans =
     0
>> exist (struct ([]))
ans =
     0
>> 


I don't see it documented either but I agree with Arnaud that it could be
useful behavior; at least not harmful AFAICS and to some extent even
consistent.
My situation is more or less similar situation to Arnaud's (large code base
partly 20+ years old) so maybe that is why I sympathize.


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