Array indexing issue is original matrix empty

[David Bateman]

If a doesn't exist then the assignment

a(1:10,1) = 1:10

should succeed and does in matlabR2007b. However this fails in Octave
3.0.x and 3.1.x.. I believe the attached patch addresses this.

D.

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