Re: Significant speed-up of datevec

[Daniel J Sebald]

Jaroslav Hajek wrote:

> > What I don't understand though, is that successively calling this test
> > function results in worse performance after the first call:
> >
> > octave:2> DN = testfunc4();
> > ans =  2.1877
> > octave:3> DN = testfunc4();
> > ans =  2.2437
> > ...
> >
> > Any ideas?  (I check the usual suspects, like having to delete the return
> > value, etc.)
>
>
> Not really. I have, however, noted that "clear all" prevents the
> effect, so I suspect some problem with persistent variables. But it's
> definitely worth further investigation.

Sure enough.  I didn't notice that.

> I applied this patch.

Thanks.

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I'm learning; takes a while.

Dan