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Re: undefined compound chaining behavior


From: Ben Abbott
Subject: Re: undefined compound chaining behavior
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2014 08:29:05 -0400

On Jun 13, 2014, at 8:15 AM, Hossein Sajjadi <address@hidden> wrote:

>> The logic looks buggy.
>> 
>> (1) You've claimed that the c++ rules for evaluation are undefined, and also
>> insist that Octave should follow the c++ rules (Octave does not).  You can
>> object to the ambiguity of c++, but not of Octave.
> 
> Octave is built with the aid of the Bison parser utility.
> You can refer to the bison example and my several posts about bison
> mfcalc calculator.

And your posts have failed to provide evidence backing up your assertion that 
Octave relies upon c++ for compounding.

>> (2) Several developers have pointed out that Octave's parser has its own
>> rules for evaluation. You can object that Octave uses rules that are
>> different from c++, but cannot object to Octave's rules being undefined.
> 
> Octave's rules of evaluation finally should be converted  with the
> aid of the Bison utility, in all of cases behavior is the same.
> This is c++ language that makes decision not Octave.

Before asserting they are true, you should provide evidence for your 
assumptions.

Ben



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