Re: xlsread in Octave 3.6.4

[Philip Nienhuis]

Hi Markus

Markus wrote:
> <snip>
>
> I've pushed everything to my github repo[1] again (just the relevant
> files for io).
> hopefully i don't broke it now (That is quite possible) because i copy
> and paste a lot.
> Furthermore i've added some nice benchmarks at the end of the README.md[2]

Thanks, I'll have a look at it today and/or tomorrow.

I plan to finish an io-1.2.4 release soon (for Octave 3.6.x), I hope 
this coming weekend; even if the new code has known deficiencies:
1. for 'xlsxread' only numeric output (no reading of cells with text);
2. for ods a bit on the slow side (otherwise fully flexible & operational);
3. for gnumeric no reading of cell contents with formulas (really a 
gnumeric issue).

IMO 1. & 2. simply is the price to pay for not having Java or Windows 
pkg (ActiveX). Doesn't matter, what counts is that there's choice.

I'd call the new OCT interface "experimental" in any case, as only you 
and me have been able to test yet.

Would you agree with all this?

Philip