[bug #68396] dbstop and dbstatus do not yet work with private functions

Andy Potvin <[email protected]> Mon, 25 May 2026 09:57:56 -0400 (EDT)
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                 Summary: dbstop and dbstatus do not yet work with private
functions
                   Group: GNU Octave
               Submitter: afpotvin
               Submitted: Mon 25 May 2026 01:57:50 PM UTC
                Category: Octave Function
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Matlab Compatibility
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: Andy Potvin
        Originator Email:
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Unlocked
                 Release: 10.3.0
        Operating System: Any
           Fixed Release: None
         Planned Release: None


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Date: Mon 25 May 2026 01:57:50 PM UTC By: Andy Potvin <afpotvin>
If the requested functionality/fix was added 11.1.0, please ignore; I don't
have that yet (waiting for next release).

Anyway, the subject line says it all.  I have a directory (sudoku) on my path;
I have a function p_72_FN_Dual in the private directory of the sudoku
directory.  I am in my matlab directory at the time I issue the following
commands at Octave; sudoku is a subdirectory.

>> dbstop in p_72_FN_Dual
error: add_breakpoints_in_function: unable to find function 'p_72_FN_Dual'
>> dbstop in c:\matlab\sudoku\private\p_72_FN_Dual
error: add_breakpoints_in_function: unable to find function
'c:\matlab\sudoku\private\p_72_FN_Dual'
>> dbstop in sudoku\private\p_72_FN_Dual
error: add_breakpoints_in_function: unable to find function
'sudoku\private\p_72_FN_Dual'
>> dbstop in sudoku/private/p_72_FN_Dual
error: add_breakpoints_in_function: unable to find function
'sudoku/private/p_72_FN_Dual'

OK... fine. I can (somewhat inconveniently) work around this.  I can set a
breakpoint in the function that calls p_72_FN_Dual and - once I hit that
breakpoint - I can set a breakpoint for p_72_FN_Dual.  

Now once I'm done my debugging and I'm back at a normal prompt, I want to
clear the breakpoint, but:

>> dbclear all
error: remove_all_breakpoints_from_function: unable to find function
'p_72_FN_Dual'
>> 

Thank you for your attention to this matter,
Regards,
Andy







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