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bug #53800: Typing "exit" in a cell of the variable editor will exit the application

Submitter:  Dan Sebald <sebald>
Submitted:  Tue 01 May 2018 05:04:37 AM UTC
   
 
Category:  GUI Severity:  3 - Normal
Priority:  3 - Low Item Group:  Unexpected Error or Warning
Status:  Confirmed Assigned to:  None
Originator Name:  Open/Closed:  * Open
Release:  * dev Operating System:  * Any
Fixed Release:  None Planned Release:  None
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Wed 02 May 2018 02:54:33 AM UTC, comment #2: 

figure seems valid...  I mean, it returns a number.  :-)

Since exit and quit throw exceptions, we could catch those and turn them into warnings.  That's probably better than trying to detect a list of forbidden expressions.

 John W. Eaton <jwe>
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Tue 01 May 2018 10:43:43 PM UTC, comment #1: 

It would probably be nicer, it's true, but it might be a lot of work.  Right now, as you have found, the input is captured and eval'ed.  This is useful because you can have expressions such as


1 + 2 + sind (45)


I don't see an easy way to police what the user types.

Rik <rik5>
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Tue 01 May 2018 05:04:37 AM UTC, original submission:  

After launching the GUI, type


x = eye(3); openvar x; y = magic(4); openvar y;


at the command line.  Click in one of the cells of one of the variables and type "exit" followed by the Enter key.

There is probably a class of commands such as 'quit', 'exit', 'figure', etc. that should be disallowed in the variable editor.

 Dan Sebald <sebald>

 

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