[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #57361] wish: warning about function name and filename disagreement: point to a fix

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                 Summary: wish: warning about function name and filename
disagreement: point to a fix
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: None
            Submitted on: Thu 05 Dec 2019 06:50:57 AM UTC
                Category: Interpreter
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Documentation
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 5.1.0
        Operating System: GNU/Linux

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Details:

Per the docs § 11.10 "Script Files", a script file differs from a function
file in that it does not start with the word "function". The solution provided
there is to start the file with another token, e.g. 1.

The interpreter warns when "function name does not agree with function
filename". That's correct, and it would be handy for a newbie to the language
if the message could point to the docs or mention how to fix the warning.

(An example of an Octave user that does not know the language could be e.g. a
student that must learn matlab for a course, but does not want to give root to
the installer on their Debian.)


For example, have a file with this content:


function f
endfunction


Run it:


octave:1> run("/path/to/reproducer.m");
warning: function name 'f' does not agree with function filename
'/path/to/bug_reproducer_2.m'
octave:2> 







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