[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #63971] Invoking Octave's Java subsystem crashes Octave

[Philip Nienhuis]

Follow-up Comment #19, bug #63971 (group octave):


> xlsread(MyXlsFilePath,1,"A6:Z99999","oct")
Yes, but did you edit PKG_ADD so that  __init_io__.m  doesn't get run? (and
restart Octave then?)
AFAICS the issue is related to the Java subsystem, and bypassing 
__init_io__.m  and not using any Java-related stuff will avoid Java.

BTW for a next io package release I'm pondering about avoiding automatically
searching and loading Java "libraries" (.jar files) for spreadsheet I/O. Which
in turn will shift that burden to users; that's an unavoidable consequence.
There are more reasons for this than just the Java issues underlying thus bug
report.
Another big motive for me as io package maintainer is that upstream, a.o.,
Apache POI, in each new release all kinds of required Java methods are shifted
hence and forth between separate .jar files and it's getting too much work for
me to keep track of what newly required method is hidden where. In fact I've
already given up as far as Java POI is concerned.



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