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bug #49006: doc-string of edit.m: command call cannot assign return value to variable

Submitted by:  None
Submitted on:  Mon 05 Sep 2016 09:07:13 AM UTC  
 
Category: DocumentationSeverity: 3 - Normal
Priority: 5 - NormalItem Group: Documentation
Status: FixedAssigned to: None
Originator Name: Originator Email: -unavailable-
Open/Closed: ClosedRelease: 4.0.3
Operating System: Any

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Tue 06 Sep 2016 10:16:21 PM UTC, comment #2:

Happily, this has already been fixed in the development branch which is about to become 4.2. The text there reads

Rik <rik5>
Project Administrator
Tue 06 Sep 2016 09:26:07 PM UTC, comment #1:

Thanks for your detailed bug report. Fortunately, the doc string of edit.m has already been fixed on the default branch for the upcoming 4.2 release.

Mike Miller <mtmiller>
Project Administrator
Mon 05 Sep 2016 09:07:13 AM UTC, original submission:

But the form of command call cannot assign its return value to variable:
In this case we have to use the form of function call:

So the doc-string of edit.m should be:
(See also the doc-string of "prefdir" "load" "who" which are correct:
)

Possible solution:

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