Axes handle argument not supported for hist function?

[Arnaud Miege]

Hello,

It looks like the hist function doesn't support having an axes handle as a first argument, which it does in MATLAB. The following (from the MATLAB doc on hist)

data = "">figure 

s(1) = subplot(2,1,1); 

s(2) = subplot(2,1,2); 

hist(s(1),data,50) 

hist(s(2),data,xcenters)

doesn't plot anything in Octave 3.6.2 and generates the following warning in the console window:

>> hist(s(1),data,50)

warning: hist: bin values not sorted on input

>> hist(s(2),data,xcenters)

warning: hist: bin values not sorted on input

Am I correct and if so, is this a valid enhancement request?

Thanks,

Arnaud