Re: Expecting errors,warnings

[michele]

On 03/23/2018 08:48 AM, Dildar Sk wrote:
> When I type,
> > > list_primes (-10)
> ans = [](0x0)
> > > primes(-20)
> ans = [](1x0)
> Isn't it valid to produce error, warning instead of giving a empty vector in
> case of negative numbers input?
>
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I think is done for Matlab compatibility: Matlab2017b doesn't have the 
function list_primes, however

>> primes(-20)

ans =

  1×0 empty double row vector

So I suppose that list_primes does not give error for coherence with 
primes (even if maybe it should still be a 1x0 vector instead of a 0x0)

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Michele Ginesi