[OctDev] result from function problem

[BrI <oc...@th...>]

Hi,

I'm encountering a problem in Octave, and I'm wonder whether it's a bug, or
rather just an interpretation of how some code should work.

I have a function:

function [a,b,c] = func1
a = 100;
b = 'fred';
c = 300;

-------------

In Matlab:

[t{1:3}]=func1
t =    [100]    'fred'    [300]

In Octave:

[t{1:3}]=func1
t  =
{
   [1,1] [100]
   [1,2] [100]
   [1,3] [100]
}


So MatLab intreprets the range to mean that it should return more parameters
into the cell, whereas Octave treats it to mean that the first parameter
should be returned into t 3 times.

The reason I'm using this is because I'm using the function eval and I don't
know how many parameters the function being evaluated will be returning, so
I want to check them.  Does any body know of a good workaround in Octave?

cheers.