Re: M-function signature -- command to show?

[Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso]

On 27 July 2012 17:18, fork <address@hidden> wrote:
> Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <jordigh <at> octave.org> writes:
>
>>
>> On 27 July 2012 16:08, fork <forkandwait <at> gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Is there a command to show the signature of a function in an m-file?
>>
>> Functions don't have signatures. sin(1,2,3) is a valid function call
>> as far as the interpreter is concerned. It's up to the sin() function
>> to decide if it should throw an error or not for being called with
>> more than one argument.
>>
>> So, no.
>
> Is the text of the function stored somewhere that a function could get it?

No, the interpreter throws that out once it's done parsing the
function, but read help.m for one thing you could is store this
"signature" in the help text. Look at the source for help.m to give
you some ideas.

- Jordi G. H.