[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #54800] Class method invocation errors

[Amro]

URL:
  <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54800>

                 Summary: Class method invocation errors
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: amro_octave
            Submitted on: Sun 07 Oct 2018 02:07:34 PM EEST
                Category: Interpreter
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Unexpected Error
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: 
        Originator Email: 
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 4.4.1
        Operating System: Any

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Details:

I recently upgraded to Octave 4.4.1, and I noticed unexpected errors when
invoking a classdef object method.

Take this simple class definition (constructor, destructor, and a method):


classdef MyClass < handle
  methods
    function this = MyClass()
      disp('-- MyClass.MyClass')
    end

    function delete(this)
      disp('-- MyClass.delete')
    end

    function x = func(this)
      disp('-- MyClass.func')
      x = 1;
    end
  end
end


All the following should work for calling the class method:


obj = MyClass();
x = obj.func()
clear obj



obj = MyClass();
x = func(obj)
clear obj



x = MyClass().func()



x = func(MyClass())


But the last two are failing with:
"error: value on right hand side of assignment is undefined"

Interestingly, if I remove the destructor from the class (i.e "delete"
function), the last two invocations work again.

In comparison, all the above cases work as expected in MATLAB (dot notation
vs. function notation call, as well as using a temporary variable to store the
object vs. not)





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