'frpintf' allows no FID

[Muthiah Annamalai]

> Subject: 'frpintf' allows no FID
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<SNIP>
> octave:1> help fprintf
>  -- Built-in Function:  fprintf (FID, TEMPLATE, ...)
>      This function is just like `printf', except that the output is
>      written to the stream FID instead of `stdout'.
>
>      See also: printf, sprintf, fread, fscanf, fopen, fclose.
>
> fprintf is a built-in function
>
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> octave:2> fprintf("Why ?\n");
> Why ?
> octave:3>   
> "
>
> I expect 'fprintf' to fail since no FID is specified.
> Or the documentation to say otherwise.
>
> Thanks,
>   Sergei.
>   

I think the Matlab also supports similar behavior. Maybe we just need a 
document
this in Octave, in this file (src/file-io.cc). If this is acceptable I 
can generate a patch.

See: 
http://www.mathworks.com/access/helpdesk/help/techdoc/index.html?/access/helpdesk/help/techdoc/ref/fprintf.html

Thanks,
-Muthu