Parse error when defining a cell array

[Bill Denney]

Jan Albersmeyer wrote:
> Description:
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> It seems that the call to the "eye" function is not handled correctly
> while defining a cell array.
>
>
> Repeat-By:
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> This is how I would expect Octave to work, and in this case it does fine.
>
> octave:1> e = { 0, eye(5) }
>
> Here, a whitespace is inserted between eye and its argument, leading to
> irritating results:
>
> octave:2> e = { 0, eye (5) }
>   

Hi Jan,

This is actually expected behavior (sorry for the irritation).  The
reason is that since Octave allows spaces or commas to separate
matrix/cell arguments, it is impossible to tell when you mean

0, eye() (5)

as opposed to

0, eye(5)

within [] or {}.

Have a good day,

Bill