Scalar assignment error

[Jaroslav Hajek]

On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 9:32 PM, Jeremy Kepner <kepner at ll.mit.edu> wrote:
> Hi John,
>  First let me say that the Octave object
> testing is going very well.  Only a few minor
> bugs here and there.
>
>  Great work!
>
>  The  assignment error is different than I originally thought.
> Nothing to do with objects.  See attached script.
>
>  x(':',:) = 1
>
> gives and error if x is 1x1.
>
> Regards.  -Jeremy
>
>
>

I never much understood the purpose of the valid_as_scalar_index and
valid_as_zero_index methods. They seem to optimize indexing of
scalars, but IMHO there is little need to that.

The attached patch removes them entirely, and the reported problem
apparently disappears.

Any objections?

-- 
RNDr. Jaroslav Hajek
computing expert
Aeronautical Research and Test Institute (VZLU)
Prague, Czech Republic
url: www.highegg.matfyz.cz
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