From bug-octave-request at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu  Wed Jan 27 14:46:18 1999
Subject: Re: Octave 2.1.10 and 2.1.12 string save bug
From: Joao Cardoso <jcardoso at inescn dot pt>
To: "A. Scottedward Hodel" <scotte at eng dot auburn dot edu>
CC: John Eaton <jwe at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu>,         bug-octave <bug-octave@bevo.che.wisc.edu>
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 20:46:05 +0000

A. Scottedward Hodel wrote:
> 
> octave-2.1.10:1> po = "mystring"
> po = mystring
> octave-2.1.10:2> save a po
> error: invalid conversion from string to real matrix
> octave-2.1.10:2> implicit_str_to_num_ok
> implicit_str_to_num_ok = 0
> octave-2.1.10:3> implicit_str_to_num_ok = 1
> implicit_str_to_num_ok = 1

But the behavior has changed.

I don't like to have options turned on precisely because of
compatibilities issues.
And if the default is implicit_str_to_num_ok = 0, isn't a normal
operation to save a string (array)? I don't understand the logic...

meanwhile, jwe wrote:
>
> [This bug will be fixed in 2.1.13 --jwe]
>
> jwe

Thanks,
Joao

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