Re: str2func

[John W. Eaton]

On 3/13/19 3:11 AM, address@hidden wrote:
> > On 13 Mar 2019, at 07:09, John W. Eaton <address@hidden> wrote:
> >
> > It's intentional, for compatibility with Matlab.  There are a few bug reports 
> > about it.  But I was fixing a different bug when I also fixed the problem with 
> > str2func.
> >
> > https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=52568
> > https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=31821
> >
> > Why do you need to check?
> indeed there is no real need to check but there are currently BIST tests
> that expect this to be checked
>
> > Also, I would strongly recommend that people use function handles, not simple 
> > names in character strings.
> unfortunately that is needed for compatibility

For now I checked in the following change that disables the BIST and 
also notes a possible way to check whether the handle references a valid 
function:

http://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/octave/rev/6bd408bde569

jwe