[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #57865] Builtin is not calling the built in version

[Markus Mützel]

Update of bug #57865 (project octave):

                  Status:                    None => Confirmed              
                 Release:                   5.2.0 => dev                    
        Operating System:               GNU/Linux => Any                    

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Follow-up Comment #1:

This is because "cast" is a built-in function in Matlab but is an .m file in
Octave. "zero" on the other hand is built-in in Matlab and in Octave.

Up until now, we didn't consider it a compatibility issue if functions are
built-in or not.

FWIW, the corresponding error message in Matlab is different:

>> which xlim
C:\Program Files\MATLAB\R2016a\toolbox\matlab\graph3d\xlim.m
>> type xlim

function xlim(varargin)

builtin('xlim', varargin{:});

end
>> xlim([0 1])
Error using builtin
Cannot find builtin function 'xlim'

Error in xlim (line 3)
builtin('xlim', varargin{:});


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