[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #60487] wishlist: set unknown property error should name property

[Nicholas Jankowski]

Follow-up Comment #2, bug #60487 (project octave):

so it seems the issues is just when calling set with a property and no value?


h = axes();
set(h, 'foobar')
error: set: unknown property


pulling from the other report that inspired this one, hist permits a string
input for the 2nd argument, and passes it down to bar which calls set thinking
it's a property.


data = [1 1 2 2 2 3 3 4 5 5];
string1 = "A B C D E";

>> hist(data,string1)
error: set: unknown property
error: called from
    __bar__>bars at line 349 column 10
    __bar__ at line 209 column 12
    bar at line 124 column 18
    hist at line 237 column 5



but if I supply an invalid property/value pair:



>> hist(data,string1,string2)
error: set: unknown hggroup property A B C D E
error: called from
    __bar__>bars at line 349 column 10
    __bar__ at line 209 column 12
    bar at line 124 column 18
    hist at line 237 column 5


is there a rationale for set not providing the error for the first?

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