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bug #39168: break command at top-level in script has no effect on loop in calling context

Submitter:  Rouhollah <paryshaan>
Submitted:  Wed 05 Jun 2013 08:42:11 AM UTC
   
 
Category:  Octave Function Severity:  2 - Minor
Priority:  3 - Low Item Group:  Matlab Compatibility
Status:  Fixed Assigned to:  None
Originator Name:  Open/Closed:  * Closed
Release:  * dev Operating System:  * Any
Fixed Release:  None Planned Release:  None
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Thu 17 Nov 2016 07:18:30 PM UTC, comment #6: 

Ok, calling this fixed.

Mike Miller <mtmiller>
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Thu 17 Nov 2016 07:16:15 PM UTC, comment #5: 

I don't think so.

John W. Eaton <jwe>
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Thu 17 Nov 2016 06:38:24 PM UTC, comment #4: 

So is the example posted here not expected to work in a current release of Matlab?

Mike Miller <mtmiller>
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Thu 17 Nov 2016 03:25:54 PM UTC, comment #3: 

I believe the following changeset improves compatibility with Matlab

  http://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/octave/rev/9c6661004167

John W. Eaton <jwe>
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Wed 16 Nov 2016 08:20:31 PM UTC, comment #2: 

This example still behaves the same way in Octave 4.2 and the development version. Can someone with access to a current version of Matlab confirm that this is a compatibility issue? Does a script file with a "break" command in it break out of a loop in the calling script?

Mike Miller <mtmiller>
Group Member
Wed 05 Jun 2013 03:36:20 PM UTC, comment #1: 

The word "subroutine" is ambiguous here. We don't use it when talking about Octave. The point is that you're running a script file, not a function file, and script files don't create scopes, so if they have a break command in them, it should refer to the scope of where they were called from.

Jordi GutiƩrrez Hermoso <jordigh>
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Wed 05 Jun 2013 08:42:11 AM UTC, original submission:  

when a main file with a loop calls a subroutine with "break" command, the command doesn't affect the loop of main file. It should exit from the loop, but it only exits from the second file.

For example: if we have 2 m files "Main.m" and "Subroutine.m" like these:
Main:

for k=1:3
        k
        Subroutine
        disp('Loop finished')
endfor


Subroutine:

if k==2
         break
endif
disp('Subroutine finished')


Now if we run "Main" the result will be:

k = 1.00
Subroutine finished
Loop finished
k = 2.00
Loop finished
k = 3.00
Subroutine finished
Loop finished


Now if we replace "break" with "continue" in "Subroutine" and run "Main" again we have:

k = 1.00
Subroutine finished
Loop finished
k = 2.00
k = 3.00
Subroutine finished
Loop finished


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    Date Changed by Updated Field Previous Value => Replaced by
    2016-11-17 mtmiller StatusNeed Info Fixed
        Open/ClosedOpen Closed
    2016-11-16 mtmiller Severity3 - Normal 2 - Minor
        Priority5 - Normal 3 - Low
        StatusConfirmed Need Info
        Release3.6.4 dev
        Summary&quot;break&quot; in script has no effect on loop in main. break command at top-level in script has no effect on loop in calling context
    2013-06-05 jordigh StatusNone Confirmed
        Operating SystemMicrosoft Windows Any
        Summary&quot;break&quot; in subroutine has no effect on loop in main. "break" in script has no effect on loop in main.

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