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1 /*
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3 Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003,
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4 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 John W. Eaton
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6 This file is part of Octave.
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8 Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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9 under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
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10 Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your
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11 option) any later version.
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13 Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
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14 ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
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15 FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
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16 for more details.
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18 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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19 along with Octave; see the file COPYING. If not, see
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20 <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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22 */
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24 #if !defined (octave_defun_h)
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25 #define octave_defun_h 1
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27 #if defined (octave_defun_dld_h)
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28 #error defun.h and defun-dld.h both included in same file!
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29 #endif
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31 #include "defun-int.h"
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33 // Define a builtin function.
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34 //
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35 // name is the name of the function, unqouted.
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36 //
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37 // args_name is the name of the octave_value_list variable used to pass
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38 // the argument list to this function.
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39 //
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40 // nargout_name is the name of the int variable used to pass the
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41 // number of output arguments this function is expected to produce.
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42 //
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43 // doc is the simple help text for the function.
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45 #define DEFUN(name, args_name, nargout_name, doc) \
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46 DEFUN_INTERNAL (name, args_name, nargout_name, false, doc)
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48 // This one can be used when `name' cannot be used directly (if it is
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49 // already defined as a macro). In that case, name is already a
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50 // quoted string, and the internal name of the function must be passed
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51 // too (the convention is to use a prefix of "F", so "foo" becomes "Ffoo").
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53 #define DEFUNX(name, fname, args_name, nargout_name, doc) \
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54 DEFUNX_INTERNAL (name, fname, args_name, nargout_name, false, doc)
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56 // Define a builtin command-style function.
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57 //
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58 // This is like DEFUN, except that it defines a function that can be
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59 // called from the Octave language without using parenthesis to
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60 // surround the arguments).
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62 #define DEFCMD(name, args_name, nargout_name, doc) \
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65 // For backward compatibility.
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67 #define DEFUN_TEXT DEFCMD
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69 // This is a function with a name that can't be hidden by a variable.
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70 #define DEFCONSTFUN(name, args_name, nargout_name, doc) \
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73 // Make alias another name for the existing function name. This macro
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74 // must be used in the same file where name is defined, after the
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75 // definition for name.
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77 #define DEFALIAS(alias, name) \
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78 DEFALIAS_INTERNAL (alias, name)
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80 #endif
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82 /*
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83 ;;; Local Variables: ***
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84 ;;; mode: C++ ***
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85 ;;; End: ***
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86 */