[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #51634] Calling repmat on struct array sometimes fails

[Piotr Held]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?51634>

                 Summary: Calling repmat on struct array sometimes fails
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: jsoh425
            Submitted on: Mon 31 Jul 2017 11:12:58 PM UTC
                Category: Interpreter
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Incorrect Result
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: Piotr Held
        Originator Email: 
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: dev
        Operating System: Any

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Details:

The exact code is as follows:


a = struct('f',1);
b = repmat (a, 3, 1);
c = repmat (b, 1, 3); % this line fails


I believe I have identified the problem and I will attach a changeset in the
next post. 

I believe the problem is with octave_map::reshape(const dim_vector&). When
reshaping the octave map the main dimensions (retval.dimensions) do not have
the singletons chopped. Whereas, when reshaping the values (retval.xvals) the
trailing singletons are chopped (the Array constructor does that). So the
failure occured when trying to compare the main dimensions (retval.dimensions)
to the array value dimensions (retval.xvals). 

A simple:


retval.dimensions.chop_trailing_singletons ();


seems to solve the trick.




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