Re: Matlab-style empty output/input arguments support

[Jaroslav Hajek]

On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 6:16 PM, Judd Storrs <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 3:59 AM, Jaroslav Hajek <address@hidden> wrote:
>>
>> The problem with option 1 (shrinking the list) is that you wouldn't be
>> able to do things like
>> [d, ~, f] = [a, ~, c] = myfun (...)
>> with the obvious meaning (f would be undefined here).
>
> Under option 1, you would get the same effect by omitting the ~ on the
> last assignment. i.e. by doing this instead:
>
> [d, f] = [a, ~, c] = myfun ( ... )
>

Yes, I understand, but it just seems less intuitive to me.

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