clear all inside function

[Jaroslav Hajek]

On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 5:12 PM, John W. Eaton<jwe at octave.org> wrote:
> What is supposed to happen with "clear all" inside a function?
>
> Given the claim that the program posted here
>
>  https://www-old.cae.wisc.edu/pipermail/help-octave/2009-June/014713.html
>
> works in Matlab, it seems it should not be clearing functions.  I
> guess this works in 3.0.x, but with the current sources, and a .m file
> containing the following
>
>  function main ()
>    clear all
>    sub
>  end
>  function sub ()
>    'this is sub'
>  end
>
> I see
>
>  octave:2> main
>  error: `sub' undefined near line 3 column 3
>  error: called from:
>  error:   /scratch/jwe/build/octave/main.m at line 3, column 3
>
> jwe
>

Matlab explicitly says that
"All functions and global variables are cleared in both the function
workspace and in your base workspace"


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RNDr. Jaroslav Hajek
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Aeronautical Research and Test Institute (VZLU)
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