[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #41672] fread for "float" not matlab compatible

[Rik]

URL:
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                 Summary: fread for "float" not matlab compatible
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: rik5
            Submitted on: Sat 22 Feb 2014 01:58:20 PM PST
                Category: None
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Matlab Compatibility
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: dev
        Operating System: Any

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Details:

This may just be a documentation issue.  According to Matlab's documentation
for fread (http://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/fread.html), the 'float'
type should always be 32 bits.  Octave's documentation states that the 'float'
type is platform dependent.  In fact this difference occurs for all the types
which are not strictly defined by a standard (so short, long, etc.).

I don't if Octave is actually doing what it is saying it does, or whether it
too just assumes float is 32 bits always.




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