[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #61051] Alignment of title fields in whos() is incorrect after call to help

[Rik]

URL:
  <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?61051>

                 Summary: Alignment of title fields in whos() is incorrect
after call to help
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: rik5
            Submitted on: Tue 17 Aug 2021 11:01:25 AM PDT
                Category: Interpreter
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Regression
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
                 Release: dev
         Discussion Lock: Any
        Operating System: Any

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Details:

Weird behavior, but easy to reproduce.


run-octave -q
octave:1> whos
Variables visible from the current scope:

variables in scope: top scope

  Attr   Name        Size                     Bytes  Class
  ====   ====        ====                     =====  ===== 
         ans         1x20                        20  char

Total is 20 elements using 20 bytes

octave:2> more off
octave:3> help ls
octave:4> whos
Variables visible from the current scope:

variables in scope: top scope

    Attr Name        Size                     Bytes  Class
  ====   ====        ====                     =====  ===== 
         ans         1x1                          8  double

Total is 1 element using 8 bytes


The "Attr" title is mis-aligned.  My guess is that Octave pr-output routine
assumes the C++ ostream is in a certain state rather than initializing it to
the values we want.  




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