[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #58012] inconsistend public vs private variable handling

[anonymous]

URL:
  <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?58012>

                 Summary: inconsistend public vs private variable handling
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: None
            Submitted on: Thu 19 Mar 2020 07:01:59 PM UTC
                Category: Octave Function
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Incorrect Result
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: Michael Keller
        Originator Email: address@hidden
             Open/Closed: Open
                 Release: 5.2.0
         Discussion Lock: Any
        Operating System: Microsoft Windows

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Details:

Summary of inconsistent behaviour:

1. Bug in varnames()
   Octave reveals both public and private properties of class
2. Bug in isprop()
   Octave shows neither public nor private properties of class

Details:
In my opinion varnames() and isprop() should both show public properties if
applied to a class. Private properties should not be shown.

Both functions give different results and to me both seem wrong.
The behaviour is also different from Matlab.

It's two functions so it should probably be two bugs? But i think it's
important that they should behave the same way.

The attached script and 2 classes show the issue in detail.

Strange enough Matlab behaves different in derived class which seems a Bug in
Matlab (I will file that to Mathworks ;)



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File Attachments:


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Date: Thu 19 Mar 2020 07:01:59 PM UTC  Name: demoScript.m  Size: 2KiB   By:
None
demoScript contains detailed description of expected behaviour
<http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/download.php?file_id=48627>
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Date: Thu 19 Mar 2020 07:01:59 PM UTC  Name: myDerivedClass.m  Size: 191B  
By: None
demoScript contains detailed description of expected behaviour
<http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/download.php?file_id=48628>
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Date: Thu 19 Mar 2020 07:01:59 PM UTC  Name: myClass.m  Size: 290B   By: None
demoScript contains detailed description of expected behaviour
<http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/download.php?file_id=48629>

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