GNU bug report logs - #14399
octave-mode bug

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Tom Olin <tom_olin <at> partech.com>

Date: Tue, 14 May 2013 17:09:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #44 received at 14399 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Rüdiger Sonderfeld <ruediger <at> c-plusplus.de>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Cc: Achim Gratz <Stromeko <at> nexgo.de>, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>,
 14399 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#14399: octave-mode bug
Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2013 15:51:28 +0100

On Saturday 30 November 2013 12:19:30 Stefan Monnier wrote:
> Thanks.  So it begs the question: why would someone write
> 
>  a = [ foo;...
>        bar ]
> 
> instead of one of the other two?  I'm trying to understand what's the
> intention behind it, to better understand how the code should behave.

I think it's just a matter of style.  I thought it had something to do with 
Matlab compatibility but a quick test showed that Matlab accepts both forms as 
well.

Regards,
Rüdiger
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