New string assignment behavior with 3.0.3

[Jaroslav Hajek]

On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 5:45 AM, Orion Poplawski <orion at cora.nwra.com> wrote:
> With 3.0.1:
>
> octave:3> t = ""
> t =
> octave:4> t(1,:) = ""
> t =
>
> With 3.0.3:
>
> octave:1> t=""
> t =
> octave:2> t(1,:) = ""
> error: A(idx) = []: index out of range
> error: assignment failed, or no method for `string = string'
> error: evaluating assignment expression near line 2, column 8
>
> Intentional?  Bug?
>

Intentional. Assigning [], '' or "" directly means deleting, not
inserting, so out-of-range indices are not allowed.

regards

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RNDr. Jaroslav Hajek
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