[OctDev] struct ("a",{1},"b",{1,2})

[Etienne G. <et...@cs...>]

  Hi all,

I use, octave 2.1.53, cvs octave-forge, so my prob could be due to not
using 2.1.57.

  Is that the desired behavior of struct()? Are those bugs introduced
between r 1.2 and r 1.3 of struct.cc?

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  octave:3> struct ("a",{1},"b",{1,2})
  ans =
  {  a =
      (,
        [1] = 1
        [2] = 1
      ,)

    b =
      (,
        [1] = 1
        [2] = 2
      ,)
  }

  octave:4> struct ("a",{1},"b",{1,2},"c",{})
  error: struct: dimensions of parameter 4 do not match those of parameter 6
  octave:4> struct ()

  *** struct:

  struct('field',value,'field',value,...)

  Create a structure and initialize its value.

  struct('field',{values},'field',{values},...)

  Create a structure array and initialize its values.  The dimensions
  of each array of values must match.  Singleton cells and non-cell values
  are repeated so that they fill the entire array.

  struct('field',{},'field',{},...)

Create an empty structure array.
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  Once upon a time, struct() returned an empty struct, without need to
do struct([]). No field-value pair -> empty struct, right?

  I don't recall that there's anything wrong with having struct values
being lists, my code has relied on this for some time now.

  Any tips welcome,

  Etienne

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