Re: octave-4.4.2 fails to load created by it empty text file - binary OK

[Nicholas Jankowski]

On Fri, Apr 26, 2019 at 8:31 PM Sergei Steshenko <address@hidden> wrote:

Hello All,

the following sequence:

"

octave:1> foo = []
foo = [](0x0)
octave:2> save('-ascii', 'foo.txt', 'foo')
octave:3> load('-ascii', 'foo.txt')
error: load: file 'foo.txt' seems to be empty!
octave:3> version
ans = 4.2.2
"

explains is it all. Is it the way it is supposed to be ?



With binary:

"

octave:4> foo = []
foo = [](0x0)
octave:5> save('-binary', 'foo.bin', 'foo')
octave:6> load('-binary', 'foo.bin')
octave:7> foo
foo = [](0x0)
octave:8>
"

works as expected.

from a compatibility perspective, Matlab loads an empty variable for both ascii and binary files. 

On Fri, Apr 26, 2019 at 8:31 PM Sergei Steshenko <address@hidden> wrote:

Hello All,

the following sequence:

"

octave:1> foo = []
foo = [](0x0)
octave:2> save('-ascii', 'foo.txt', 'foo')
octave:3> load('-ascii', 'foo.txt')
error: load: file 'foo.txt' seems to be empty!
octave:3> version
ans = 4.2.2
"

explains is it all. Is it the way it is supposed to be ?



With binary:

"

octave:4> foo = []
foo = [](0x0)
octave:5> save('-binary', 'foo.bin', 'foo')
octave:6> load('-binary', 'foo.bin')
octave:7> foo
foo = [](0x0)
octave:8>
"

works as expected.


--Sergei.