bugGNU Octave - Bugs: bug #37132, Parse error with cell arrays

 
 

bug #37132: Parse error with cell arrays

Submitter:  Guillaume <gyom>
Submitted:  Fri 17 Aug 2012 03:00:35 PM UTC
   
 
Category:  Interpreter Severity:  2 - Minor
Priority:  5 - Normal Item Group:  Incorrect Result
Status:  Fixed Assigned to:  None
Originator Name:  Guillaume Open/Closed:  * Closed
Release:  * dev Operating System:  * Any
Fixed Release:  None Planned Release:  None
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Thu 14 Mar 2013 07:17:58 PM UTC, comment #4: 

jwe has overhauled the parser and the issue seems to be fixed.  Try a Mercurial changeset >= 16303:085976d9ef08.

Rik <rik5>
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Tue 16 Oct 2012 03:20:36 PM UTC, comment #3: 

The most likely file is the Bison parser in libinterp/parse-tree/oct-parse.yy.  You might also need to check the lexer which feeds the parser.  The lexer is in the same directory in file lex.ll.

Rik <rik5>
Group administrator
Tue 16 Oct 2012 11:03:52 AM UTC, comment #2: 

Thanks for the confirmation, Rik.

I agree that the ";" workaround is enough to rank this as a minor issue.

Which file in the Octave codebase is dealing with this?

Guillaume <gyom>
Fri 12 Oct 2012 03:27:50 PM UTC, comment #1: 

Confirmed on a recent development tip (10/12/2012).

The syntax you are using is correct.  There is a bug in the parser.  It should treat the newline ("\n") as the equivalent of ";" when deciding whether to place the next element in either the following column or in a new row.

I'm lowering the severity level since there is a current workaround of always using the ";" to indicate that a new row is desired.

Perhaps this is related, but it only happens with cell arrays.  The following code which uses matrices for the inner element, works.


 a = {
> [
> 1
> 2
> ]
> [
> 3
> 4
> ]
> }



Rik <rik5>
Group administrator
Fri 17 Aug 2012 03:00:35 PM UTC, original submission:  

With MATLAB:

>> a={
{
1
2
}
{
2
3
}
}

a =
    {2x1 cell}
    {2x1 cell}


With Octave:

octave> {
> {
> 1
> 2
> }
> {
> 2
> 3
parse error:

  syntax error

>>> 3
    ^


Arguably, the correct syntax might be:

octave:86> a={
> {
> 1;
> 2
> }
> {
> 2;
> 3
> }
> }
a =
{
  [1,1] =
  {
    [1,1] =  1
    [2,1] =  2
  }
  [2,1] =
  {
    [1,1] =  2
    [2,1] =  3
  }
}


or

octave:91> {
> {
> 1
> 2
> };
> {
> 2
> 3
> }
> }
ans =
{
  [1,1] =
  {
    [1,1] =  1
    [2,1] =  2
  }
  [2,1] =
  {
    [1,1] =  2
    [2,1] =  3
  }
}


but I'm still unsure whether the difference in behaviour is due to MATLAB accepting an invalid syntax or a bug in the Octave parser.

Guillaume <gyom>

 

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    Date Changed by Updated Field Previous Value => Replaced by
    2013-03-14 rik5 StatusConfirmed Fixed
        Open/ClosedOpen Closed
    2012-10-12 rik5 Severity3 - Normal 2 - Minor
        Item GroupMatlab Compatibility Incorrect Result
        StatusNone Confirmed

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