[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #58780] 'source' throws unexpected syntax error.

[Martin Castillo]

URL:
  <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?58780>

                 Summary: 'source' throws unexpected syntax error.
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: castilma
            Submitted on: Sat 18 Jul 2020 03:17:32 PM UTC
                Category: None
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Unexpected Error
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
                 Release: 5.2.0
         Discussion Lock: Any
        Operating System: GNU/Linux

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Details:

Sorry for weird title.

1) Create foo.m with a syntax error in the current directory. 
foo.m:
(1))

2) try to source foo:
octave:1> source foo
parse error near line 1 of file /tmp/foo.m

  syntax error

>>> (1))
       ^

3) correct the file (remove last parantheses) and try to source again.

octave:1> source foo
error: no such file, '/tmp/foo'
error: source: error sourcing file '/tmp/foo'

So now it doesn't seem to look for foo.m anymore. But it's weird that it
looked at it when it was wrong.
This surprised me a little bit, but might be wanted. I.e., function files can
be sourced with the function name, but for source files, the whole filename
needs to be passed. And so it has to read foo.m, to check, whether it is a
function or not.




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