Octave becoming too MATLAB compatible ?

[Ulf Griesmann]

I am sure the following script used to work in Octave:

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# test script
say_hello;

function say_hello
    fprintf('Hello !\n');
endfunction
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Now I get the following error in both 3.8.2 and the development version:

octave:1> testscript
error: 'say_hello' undefined near line 5 column 1
error: called from:
error:   /home/ulfg/Octave/testscript.m at line 5, column 1
octave:1>

I don't know if this is a bug or intentional.

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