Re: Octave crashes on old MEX-files: how can I detect/prevent this?

[Julien Bect]

Le 05/12/2016 à 11:22, siko1056 a écrit :
> AFAIK, there is no function to check a MEX-file to be valid for usage with a
> certain version of Octave. If you want to check in advance whether your
> version of Octave can handle a MEX-file, say myfunc.mex, try calling
>
> try
>    which myfunc
> catch(e)
>    disp("recompile MEX file!")
>    disp(e.message)
> end_try_catch
>
> And you'll get errors in the case, that certain dynamic libraries cannot be
> loaded, a necessary condition for this MEX-file to run, but not sufficient.

Thank you for your reply.

When I try "which myfunc" on the faulty MEX-file, I get the following error:

error: scope not found!
error: called from
    which at line 39 column 22

Is this the one you expect?

What does "scope not found" mean?

@++
Julien