[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #57074] [octave forge] (io) colon arguments not scalar

[A.R. Burgers]

URL:
  <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?57074>

                 Summary: [octave forge] (io) colon arguments not scalar
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: arb
            Submitted on: Fri 18 Oct 2019 09:09:34 AM UTC
                Category: Octave Forge Package
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Regression
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: 
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: dev
        Operating System: Any

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Details:

The new warning "colon arguments should be scalars" is triggered by the io
package. Not sure whether this warning deems further investigation or can
simply be ignored. The io package seems to have worked well with these
non-scaler colon arguments.

script to test:


pkg load io;
ver = version
hg_id = __octave_config_info__.hg_id
pkg list io;
handle = xlsopen('tst.xlsx');
xlsclose(handle);


sample output (only 1 warning shown multiple are generated):


octave-6.0.0 pkg_io_warn.m       
ver = 6.0.0                                                                   
                                       
hg_id = 37f9eb2c05e0+                                                         
                                       
Package Name  | Version | Installation directory
--------------+---------+-----------------------
          io *|  2.4.13 | //home/user/octave-6.0/io-2.4.13
Detected XLS interfaces: warning: colon arguments should be scalars
warning: called from
    getxmlattv at line 43 column 14
    __OCT_spsh_open__ at line 124 column 23
    xlsopen at line 316 column 35
    pkg_io_warn at line 5 column 8





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