From bug-octave-request at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu  Fri Dec 12 15:40:01 1997
Subject: Re: Unidentified subject!
From: Michael Hohn <hohn at math dot utah dot edu>
To: jwe at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu
CC: bug-octave at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 14:36:56 -0700 (MST)


>> ...
>>    | 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> 
>> 
>> 
>>    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).
>> ...


This same bug happens on 2.0.9 on the same machine;  I just didn't
want to mail 2 bug reports for the same problem...

Mike