From bug-octave-request at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu  Fri Dec 12 00:03:03 1997
Subject: Unidentified subject!
From: "John W. Eaton" <jwe at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu>
To: hohn at math dot utah dot edu
Cc: bug-octave at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 00:04:51 -0600

On 11-Dec-1997, RHS Linux User <install at localhost dot localdomain> wrote:

| Subject: clear() ignores -x flag
| 
| Bug report for Octave 2.0.5 configured for i486-pc-linux-gnu
| 
| Description:
| -----------
|    The -x flag to clear() is ignored.
| 
| Repeat-By:
| ---------
| 
| octave:1> a =rand(3,3);
| octave:2> l = a;
| octave:3> whos()
| 
| *** local user variables:
| 
| prot  type               rows   cols  name
| ====  ====               ====   ====  ====
|  wd   matrix                3      3  a
|  wd   matrix                3      3  l
| 
| octave:4> clear -x a
| octave:5> whos()
| octave:6> 

D'oh.  I'm surprised no one has reported this problem yet.
Anyway, here is a patch.

Also, 2.0.5 is ancient.  You should probably upgrade (but if you wait
a week or so, 2.0.10 will probably be released).

Thanks,

jwe


Thu Dec 11 23:30:03 1997  John W. Eaton  <jwe at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu>

	* variables.cc (Fclear): Increment index to skip -x arg.


*** octave-2.0.9.94/src/variables.cc	Fri Nov 21 13:07:42 1997
--- src/variables.cc	Thu Dec 11 23:29:34 1997
***************
*** 1779,1785 ****
        if (argc > 1)
  	{
  	  if (argv[idx] == "-x")
! 	    exclusive = 1;
  	}
  
        int lcount = 0;
--- 1779,1788 ----
        if (argc > 1)
  	{
  	  if (argv[idx] == "-x")
! 	    {
! 	      idx++;
! 	      exclusive = 1;
! 	    }
  	}
  
        int lcount = 0;