Re: function names

[David Bateman]

address@hidden wrote:

> I tried yesterday evening to define a function
> called "minmax"
>
> function pr = minmax(p)
>
> pr = p;
>
> endfunction
>
> but Octave doesn't accept this name.
>
> function pr = min_max(p) was ok.
>
> Why that? This should be a new function, not interpreting the min function...
>
> Octave Version 2.9.3 on cygwin
>
> Thanks for any answers
> Michael
>
>  
Ok, this is a little octave stupidity and one that John has recently 
mentioned he wants to remove. The min and max functions are all in a 
single oct-file called minmax.oct and the min, max functions are both 
symbolic links to this one file. It would have been better that 
minmax.oct was called max.oct and min.oct was a symbolic link to 
max.oct. The problem is as you've found if you name a function minmax 
octave find the file minmax.oct and then can't use your function... The 
workaround is as you said, don't use the function name minmax....

D.

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