Re: Use Octave's interpreter in my C++ program...

[John Swensen]

On May 23, 2008, at 10:44 AM, David Bateman wrote:
> > As with the MEX interface, we could make the functions act like the
> > Matlab Engine counterparts.
> Is the Matlab Engine your code or is it something more generic? If its
> generic then it makes sense to try and have a class that performs with
> Octave with the same API such that application written for one  
> interface
> can use the other.
>
> D.

So the Matlab Engine is a core Matlab functionality.  It is *not* a  
class, but a collection of functions.  You can see the API at
http://www.mathworks.com/access/helpdesk/help/techdoc/index.html?/access/helpdesk/help/techdoc/matlab_external/f29148.html&http://www.google.com/search 
?client=safari&rls=en-us&q=Matlab+Engine&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8.

Since people have already implemented a bunch/all of the mxArray  
functions, it might make sense to add these engine functions.  As you  
can see in the class I wrote,  implementing the functions listed in  
the URL I included will be trivial; simply converting my class into a  
non-class with the same functionality and the function names that  
match the Matlab Engine function.  However, if we do so, is there a  
way to ensure that they are only used when it is compiled with the  
mkoctfile --link-stand-alone option?

John Swensen