[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #61524] Class methods cannot have a variable named 'methods' (ok in Matlab)

[Richard]

URL:
  <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?61524>

                 Summary: Class methods cannot have a variable named 'methods'
(ok in Matlab)
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: crobar
            Submitted on: Mon 22 Nov 2021 12:43:07 PM UTC
                Category: Interpreter
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Unexpected Error or Warning
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: RIchard Crozier
        Originator Email: 
             Open/Closed: Open
                 Release: dev
         Discussion Lock: Any
        Operating System: Any

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Details:

If you create a class method which contains a variable name 'methods' it
results in a parse error. I believe this is an error, but is certainly also
incompatible with Matlab.

Example:

define testMethodVarNameInMethod.m


classdef testMethodVarNameInMethod
    
    methods
        function suite = test_methods_variable()

            methods = [];

        end
    end
end



The result:


octave:3> x = testMethodVarNameInMethod
error: parse error near line 6 of file
/home/rcrozier/src/mfiles/mcode-hg/octave_test/testMethodVarNameInMethod.m

  syntax error

>>>             methods = [];


I'm running off the stable branch


$ hg id
869dea2b5c91 (stable)





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