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bug #55983: 'x(ix) = []' deletion syntax does not work for objects

Submitter:  Andrew Janke <apjanke>
Submitted:  Fri 22 Mar 2019 11:38:37 PM UTC
   
 
Category:  Classdef Severity:  3 - Normal
Priority:  5 - Normal Item Group:  Incorrect Result
Status:  None Assigned to:  None
Originator Name:  Open/Closed:  * Open
Release:  * 5.1.0 Operating System:  * Any
Fixed Release:  None Planned Release:  None
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Sun 24 Mar 2019 03:51:53 PM UTC, comment #4: 


> MyDumbClass has no subsasgn: isn't that involved in making this work?


It shouldn't be. There should be a default implementation that works like it does for structs. Overriding subsasgn and related methods should only be necessary if you have a custom internal array representation, for example, if you're writing a planar-organized object.

Andrew Janke <apjanke>
Sun 24 Mar 2019 03:14:15 PM UTC, comment #3: 

MyDumbClass has no subsasgn: isn't that involved in making this work?  I definitely had to implement this operation myself in `@sym`.

Colin Macdonald <cbm>
Sat 23 Mar 2019 04:25:26 AM UTC, comment #2: 


> 2. How do you know its not a problem with your `packajoozle` class?


The PkgVer class is very simple. But, valid question.

Here's a simpler reproduction case. I have a MyDumbClass.m, the entirety of which is this:


classdef MyDumbClass

  properties
    x = 42;
  endproperties

endclassdef


Same behavior:


>> x = MyDumbClass
x =
<object MyDumbClass>

>> xx = x;
>> xx(2) = x;
>> xx(3) = x;
>> xx(2) = []
error: cannot convert `null_matrix' into `object'
>>


Andrew Janke <apjanke>
Sat 23 Mar 2019 12:38:59 AM UTC, comment #1: 

Interestingly, this does work with Symbolic using old style @class:


>> syms x
>> A = [x 2*x 3*x]
A = (sym) [x  2⋅x  3⋅x]  (1×3 matrix)
>> A(2) = []
A = (sym) [x  3⋅x]  (1×2 matrix)


1.  I don't remember this regressing when we tried to port Symbolic to classdef (https://github.com/cbm755/octsympy/pull/590)

2.  How do you know its not a problem with your `packajoozle` class?

3.  IIRC, there were some subtle differences between Octave and Matlab: how to make this work might've been one of them...

Colin Macdonald <cbm>
Fri 22 Mar 2019 11:38:37 PM UTC, original submission:  

The special 'x(ix) = []' syntax is supposed to remove identified elements from the array x, regardless of x's type. That is, [] may be a double, but it doesn't matter whether x's type is assignment-compatible with double for this special calling form.

This doesn't work for classdef objects. For example:


octave:1> addpath('~/local/repos/octave-packajoozle/inst')
octave:2> pkg = packajoozle.internal.PkgVer ('financial', '0.5.3')
pkg =
financial 0.5.3

octave:3> p = pkg;
octave:4> p(2) = pkg;
octave:5> p(3) = pkg
p =
financial 0.5.3; financial 0.5.3; financial 0.5.3

octave:6> p(2) = []
error: cannot convert `null_matrix' into `object'
octave:6>


Andrew Janke <apjanke>

 

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