[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #57487] javaaddpath should prepend to existing path unless given "-end" argument

[John W. Eaton]

URL:
  <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?57487>

                 Summary: javaaddpath should prepend to existing path unless
given "-end" argument
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: jwe
            Submitted on: Fri 27 Dec 2019 03:09:13 PM UTC
                Category: Interpreter
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Matlab Compatibility
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: dev
        Operating System: Any

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Details:

In Matlab, javaaddpath adds elements to the beginning of the existing dynamic
classpath by default and appends them if the final argument to javaaddpath is
"-end".

Octave's javaaddpath function always appends and doesn't recognize "-end" as
special.

In Matlab, it appears that only one directory agument is accepted and "-end"
must be the final argument.

I propose that we accept "-end" only as the last argument to javaaddpath, but
as an extension to Matlab, continue to accept multiple directory arguments and
will push a changeset when I have a bug number.





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