[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #48041] classdef: `help myclass` messes up `help @myclass/method`

[Rik]

Follow-up Comment #9, bug#48041 (group octave):


> But Rik, I disagree with this statement:

>> Mixing old and new class syntax seems like a very bad idea if that is
indeed the case.

> I believe its common practice (Chebfun does this, so does Pythonic) to build
classdef classes that live in a `@foo` 
> directory structures:
>  - some methods defined in `@foo/foo.m`
>  - other methods defined in other `@foo/bar.m` files.
> But maybe this is not what you mean by "mixing old and new"...

Matlab's first attempt at object oriented programming was a bit of a disaster,
and while not formally deprecated, is definitely not recommended for new code.
 Mixing that old system, which doesn't get a lot of support or maintenance in
Octave, with classdef might cause problems.  If it doesn't, then great.  But
if it does, there isn't going to be anyone around to fix the problems.


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