warnings which don't help user to undesrtand where the problem is

[Sergei Steshenko]

--- On Sat, 1/3/09, Ben Abbott <bpabbott at mac.com> wrote:

> From: Ben Abbott <bpabbott at mac.com>
> Subject: Re: warnings which don't help user to undesrtand where the problem is
> To: sergstesh at yahoo.com
> Cc: bug-octave at octave.org
> Date: Saturday, January 3, 2009, 5:57 PM
> On Jan 3, 2009, at 8:19 PM, Sergei Steshenko wrote:
> 
> > Hello All,
> > 
> > running a script of mine I've seen these warnings:
> > 
> > warning: range error for conversion to character value
> > warning: implicit conversion from scalar to string
> > 
> > .
> > 
> > I'd expect at least function name (either in
> 'octave' or in C++) of the
> > function emitting such warnings.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> >  Sergei.
> 
> Sergei,
> 
> Can you reproduce the problem with a simple example?
> 
> As it is, the text for the first error exists in several
> places.
> 
> ov-float.cc
> ov-flt-re-mat.cc
> ov-re-mat.cc
> ov-scalar.cc
> ov-base-int.cc
> ov-re-sparse.cc
> 
> Regarding the text for the second warning, I can't find
> it in any of the sources.
> 
> Ben

sprintf("%s", 1)
warning: implicit conversion from scalar to string

;
I am not sure what caused the first warning - I have already fixed the
script.

All the functions that "do not introduce themselves" should be fixed
regardless of present text of warnings.

Thanks,
  Sergei.