[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #65259] Don't say documentation for class itself comes from class constructor

[Rik]

URL:
  <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?65259>

                 Summary: Don't say documentation for class itself comes from
class constructor
                   Group: GNU Octave
               Submitter: rik5
               Submitted: Mon 05 Feb 2024 03:03:48 PM PST
                Category: Classdef
                Severity: 2 - Minor
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Feature Request
                  Status: Confirmed
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
                 Release: dev
         Discussion Lock: Any
        Operating System: Any
           Fixed Release: None
         Planned Release: None


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Date: Mon 05 Feb 2024 03:03:48 PM PST By: Rik <rik5>
This is a very small thing.  When asking for help on a class, Octave reports
the help as coming from the "class constructor".  This is not necessarily
true.  Documentation is allowed both for the class and for the constructor and
they are not necessarily the same.  Here is an example with inputParser:


help inputParser
'inputParser' is a class constructor from the file
/home/XXX/.../scripts/miscellaneous/inputParser.m


It would be nicer if it reported


help inputParser
'inputParser' is a class from the file
/home/XXX/.../scripts/miscellaneous/inputParser.m


for the class and the original message only for the actual constructor
accessed with "help inputParser.inputParser".







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