[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #47676] Error applying multiplication-assignment operator to variable defined in script

[Lachlan Andrew]

Follow-up Comment #14, bug #47676 (project octave):

I just thought of another approach.

The parser known whether it is treating the string as a variable or a string,
and what the first argument is.  If the first argument starts with something
that looks like an operator, it can give a warning that is clearer than
"error: Csb(61,_): but Csb has size 1x1".

Some care would be needed with "/" so that "ls /home/joe" doesn't cause a
warning.  I'm not sure that much could be done about "ls /home".

This doesn't solve the problem, but it does avoid the worst part: silently
giving the wrong result.

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