[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #39257] handles to nested functions are not yet supported

[Alexander Barth]

Follow-up Comment #3, bug #39257 (project octave):

I can confirm that the issue is still present in octave 4.0.0.
As a consequence one cannot use nested function to define a closure. The
following code would run in matlab but not in octave:



>> addtwo = test_closure(2)

addtwo = 

    @(a)innerfun(a)

>> addtwo(3)               

ans =

     5


where test_closure.m is defined as:


function f = test_closure(x)

f = @innerfun; % fails in octave
%f = @(a) innerfun(a); % fails too in octave
%f = @(a) a + x; % only this works in octave

function s = innerfun(a)
  s = a + x;
end
end



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