no obvious variable name using 'load'

[Sergei Steshenko]

Hello, 

this is what 'help load' (among other things) says:

"
   `-ascii'
          Force Octave to assume the file contains columns of numbers
          in text format without any header or other information.  Data
          in the file will be loaded as a single numeric matrix with
          the name of the variable derived from the name of the file.
".

And this is my experiment:

"
octave:1> system("echo 1234567890 > doo.dah.txt;cat doo.dah.txt");
1234567890
octave:2> load('-ascii', 'doo.dah.txt');
octave:3> doo
error: `doo' undefined near line 3 column 1
octave:3> doo.dah
error: `doo' undefined near line 3 column 1
octave:3> dah
error: `dah' undefined near line 3 column 1
octave:3> version
ans = 3.0.3
octave:4>  
".

On the one hand, I see no error or warning message due to 'load' command,
on the other hand I see no way to deduce the variable name.

I think a version of 'load' which returns a value is necessary.

Thanks,
  Sergei.