[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #53601] Class method access lists do not need to be cell arrays for single items.

[Richard]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53601>

                 Summary: Class method access lists do not need to be cell
arrays for single items.
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: crobar
            Submitted on: Tue 10 Apr 2018 07:25:57 AM UTC
                Category: Interpreter
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Matlab Compatibility
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: Richard Crozier
        Originator Email: 
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: dev
        Operating System: Any

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Details:

Matlab allows the class method access list to not be a cell array (or at least
not use cell array syntax) if there is a single item. See the attached
example. 

In the example, running test_octave_method_access_control.m should display
'Access granted' on the command line (and does so in Matlab R2016b). In
Octave it results in the error:


error: invalid property/method access in class `testMethodAccess1' 



If the syntax is changed from


     methods (Access = ?testMethodAccess2)


to


     methods (Access = {?testMethodAccess2})


then it works in Octave. 





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File Attachments:


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Date: Tue 10 Apr 2018 07:25:57 AM UTC  Name:
test_octave_method_access_control.m  Size: 70B   By: crobar

<http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/download.php?file_id=43866>
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Date: Tue 10 Apr 2018 07:25:57 AM UTC  Name: testMethodAccess1.m  Size: 208B  
By: crobar

<http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/download.php?file_id=43867>
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Date: Tue 10 Apr 2018 07:25:57 AM UTC  Name: testMethodAccess2.m  Size: 469B  
By: crobar

<http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/download.php?file_id=43868>

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