Re: functions not overwritten ?

[Bill Denney]

I believe that, if you're wanting to do something like what you describe, 
you want to type clear <functionname> (i.e. clear foo) at the prompt 
between re-definitions.  This is used to minimize the number of times that 
the parser must parse a function.

Bill

On Thu, 2 Feb 2006, Gerd Bürger wrote:

> Hi,
>
> the issue below still seems unresolved. Could anybody confirm the described 
> error, or perhaps explain that it is a desired behavior.
>
> Thanks,
>
>         Gerd
>
>
> > I have the impression that since 2.9.4 function defintions are not 
> > over-writable (see example below). Is that change on purpose?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> >         Gerd
> >
> > ------------
> > octave:1> function y = foo(x)
> >  > y = 2*x;
> >  > endfunction
> > octave:2> type foo
> > foo is a user-defined function:
> >
> > function y = foo (x)
> >    y = 2 * x;
> > endfunction
> >
> > octave:3> function y = foo(x)
> >  > y = 3*x;
> >  > endfunction
> > octave:4> type foo
> > foo is a user-defined function:
> >
> > function y = foo (x)
> >    y = 2 * x;
> > endfunction
> > ------------
>
>
>
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