From help-octave-request at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu Wed Jun 30 02:52:43 1999 Subject: implicit_str_to_num_ok=1 From: Daniel Heiserer To: "help-octave at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu" Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 09:52:04 +0200 Hi, I try to write my code non-braindead compatible IN ORDER TO POSTE IT TO THE SOURCE LIST, not for my own! There are some non-braindead features which make me really sick. Does anybody in this list runs with "implicit_str_to_num_ok=0" or lets say *REALLY* *NEEDS* "implicit_str_to_num_ok=0". If this is not the case I would recommend to make "implicit_str_to_num_ok=1" the default and kick the feature "implicit_str_to_num_ok=0" out. Once I start fiddling around with strings this feature makes be absolutely sick, because I cannot handle the BASE-DATATYPE of octave (The Matrix (not the movie ;-))) like a matrix because no matrix manipulation works on it as long as this dammed "implicit_str_to_num_ok=0" is set. I personally don't see ANY adavantage of "implicit_str_to_num_ok=0" except that the code tells me it makes no sense handling a string like a matrix. Why the hell not? It is up to me to check that IF IT IS NECESSARY. I just don't see any reason why making things more complicatet as they are. Bye daniel. -- Mit freundlichen Gruessen Daniel Heiserer ----- -------------------------------------------------------------- Dipl.-Phys. Daniel Heiserer, BMW AG, Knorrstrasse 147, 80788 Muenchen Abteilung EK-20 Tel.: 089-382-21187, Fax.: 089-382-42820 mailto:daniel dot heiserer at bmw dot de --------------------------------------------------------------------- Octave is freely available under the terms of the GNU GPL. To ensure that development continues, see www.che.wisc.edu/octave/giftform.html Instructions for unsubscribing: www.che.wisc.edu/octave/archive.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------