Re: Bug in Octave 8.2.0

Ian McCallion <[email protected]> Mon, 3 Jul 2023 11:13:42 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gnu.octave.general
Message-ID <CAFgLC_EgBKf7D=s8Ss7yPFK_uk9rfUX17XOmuzes4tJDi2G6sQ@mail.gmail.com>
The problem seems to be in the first line of fullfile which converts all
empty parameters into []

On Mon, 3 Jul 2023 at 11:01, Ian McCallion <[email protected]> wrote:

> fullfile() operates on strings or cells. so:
>       fullfile('path', {'a','b'})
> produces:
>     ans =
>     {
>       [1,1] = path\a
>       [1,2] = path\b
>     }
>
> However:
>     fullfile('path', {})
> produces:
>     ans = path
>
> This is surely a bug??   {} is not the same as ''
>
> Cheers... Ian
>


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