diff libinterp/octave-value/ov.h @ 15195:2fc554ffbc28

split libinterp from src * libinterp: New directory. Move all files from src directory here except Makefile.am, main.cc, main-cli.cc, mkoctfile.in.cc, mkoctfilr.in.sh, octave-config.in.cc, octave-config.in.sh. * libinterp/Makefile.am: New file, extracted from src/Makefile.am. * src/Makefile.am: Delete everything except targets and definitions needed to build and link main and utility programs. * Makefile.am (SUBDIRS): Include libinterp in the list. * autogen.sh: Run config-module.sh in libinterp/dldfcn directory, not src/dldfcn directory. * configure.ac (AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR): Use libinterp/octave.cc, not src/octave.cc. (DL_LDFLAGS, LIBOCTINTERP): Use libinterp, not src. (AC_CONFIG_FILES): Include libinterp/Makefile in the list. * find-docstring-files.sh: Look in libinterp, not src. * gui/src/Makefile.am (liboctgui_la_CPPFLAGS): Find header files in libinterp, not src.
author John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
date Sat, 18 Aug 2012 16:23:39 -0400
parents src/octave-value/ov.h@8367f326fa29
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+/*
+
+Copyright (C) 1996-2012 John W. Eaton
+Copyright (C) 2009-2010 VZLU Prague
+
+This file is part of Octave.
+
+Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your
+option) any later version.
+
+Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with Octave; see the file COPYING.  If not, see
+<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+*/
+
+#if !defined (octave_value_h)
+#define octave_value_h 1
+
+#include <cstdlib>
+
+#include <iosfwd>
+#include <string>
+#include <list>
+
+#include "Range.h"
+#include "data-conv.h"
+#include "idx-vector.h"
+#include "mach-info.h"
+#include "mx-base.h"
+#include "oct-alloc.h"
+#include "oct-time.h"
+#include "str-vec.h"
+
+#include "oct-hdf5.h"
+#include "oct-sort.h"
+
+class Cell;
+class mxArray;
+class octave_map;
+class octave_scalar_map;
+class Octave_map;
+class octave_stream;
+class octave_function;
+class octave_user_function;
+class octave_fcn_handle;
+class octave_fcn_inline;
+class octave_value_list;
+class octave_lvalue;
+
+#include "ov-base.h"
+
+// Constants.
+
+class octave_value;
+
+class
+OCTINTERP_API
+octave_value
+{
+public:
+
+  enum unary_op
+  {
+    op_not,            // not
+    op_uplus,          // uplus
+    op_uminus,         // uminus
+    op_transpose,      // transpose
+    op_hermitian,      // ctranspose
+    op_incr,
+    op_decr,
+    num_unary_ops,
+    unknown_unary_op
+  };
+
+  enum binary_op
+  {
+    op_add,            // plus
+    op_sub,            // minus
+    op_mul,            // mtimes
+    op_div,            // mrdivide
+    op_pow,            // mpower
+    op_ldiv,           // mldivide
+    op_lshift,
+    op_rshift,
+    op_lt,             // lt
+    op_le,             // le
+    op_eq,             // eq
+    op_ge,             // ge
+    op_gt,             // gt
+    op_ne,             // ne
+    op_el_mul,         // times
+    op_el_div,         // rdivide
+    op_el_pow,         // power
+    op_el_ldiv,        // ldivide
+    op_el_and,         // and
+    op_el_or,          // or
+    op_struct_ref,
+    num_binary_ops,
+    unknown_binary_op
+  };
+
+  enum compound_binary_op
+  {
+    // ** compound operations **
+    op_trans_mul,
+    op_mul_trans,
+    op_herm_mul,
+    op_mul_herm,
+    op_trans_ldiv,
+    op_herm_ldiv,
+    op_el_not_and,
+    op_el_not_or,
+    op_el_and_not,
+    op_el_or_not,
+    num_compound_binary_ops,
+    unknown_compound_binary_op
+  };
+
+  enum assign_op
+  {
+    op_asn_eq,
+    op_add_eq,
+    op_sub_eq,
+    op_mul_eq,
+    op_div_eq,
+    op_ldiv_eq,
+    op_pow_eq,
+    op_lshift_eq,
+    op_rshift_eq,
+    op_el_mul_eq,
+    op_el_div_eq,
+    op_el_ldiv_eq,
+    op_el_pow_eq,
+    op_el_and_eq,
+    op_el_or_eq,
+    num_assign_ops,
+    unknown_assign_op
+  };
+
+  static binary_op assign_op_to_binary_op (assign_op);
+
+  static assign_op binary_op_to_assign_op (binary_op);
+
+  static std::string unary_op_as_string (unary_op);
+  static std::string unary_op_fcn_name (unary_op);
+
+  static std::string binary_op_as_string (binary_op);
+  static std::string binary_op_fcn_name (binary_op);
+
+  static std::string binary_op_fcn_name (compound_binary_op);
+
+  static std::string assign_op_as_string (assign_op);
+
+  static octave_value empty_conv (const std::string& type,
+                                  const octave_value& rhs = octave_value ());
+
+  enum magic_colon { magic_colon_t };
+
+  octave_value (void)
+    {
+      static octave_base_value nil_rep;
+      rep = &nil_rep;
+      rep->count++;
+    }
+
+  octave_value (short int i);
+  octave_value (unsigned short int i);
+  octave_value (int i);
+  octave_value (unsigned int i);
+  octave_value (long int i);
+  octave_value (unsigned long int i);
+
+  // FIXME -- these are kluges.  They turn into doubles
+  // internally, which will break for very large values.  We just use
+  // them to store things like 64-bit ino_t, etc, and hope that those
+  // values are never actually larger than can be represented exactly
+  // in a double.
+
+#if defined (HAVE_LONG_LONG_INT)
+  octave_value (long long int i);
+#endif
+#if defined (HAVE_UNSIGNED_LONG_LONG_INT)
+  octave_value (unsigned long long int i);
+#endif
+
+  octave_value (octave_time t);
+  octave_value (double d);
+  octave_value (float d);
+  octave_value (const Array<octave_value>& a, bool is_cs_list = false);
+  octave_value (const Cell& c, bool is_cs_list = false);
+  octave_value (const Matrix& m, const MatrixType& t = MatrixType ());
+  octave_value (const FloatMatrix& m, const MatrixType& t = MatrixType ());
+  octave_value (const NDArray& nda);
+  octave_value (const FloatNDArray& nda);
+  octave_value (const Array<double>& m);
+  octave_value (const Array<float>& m);
+  octave_value (const DiagMatrix& d);
+  octave_value (const FloatDiagMatrix& d);
+  octave_value (const RowVector& v);
+  octave_value (const FloatRowVector& v);
+  octave_value (const ColumnVector& v);
+  octave_value (const FloatColumnVector& v);
+  octave_value (const Complex& C);
+  octave_value (const FloatComplex& C);
+  octave_value (const ComplexMatrix& m, const MatrixType& t = MatrixType ());
+  octave_value (const FloatComplexMatrix& m, const MatrixType& t = MatrixType ());
+  octave_value (const ComplexNDArray& cnda);
+  octave_value (const FloatComplexNDArray& cnda);
+  octave_value (const Array<Complex>& m);
+  octave_value (const Array<FloatComplex>& m);
+  octave_value (const ComplexDiagMatrix& d);
+  octave_value (const FloatComplexDiagMatrix& d);
+  octave_value (const ComplexRowVector& v);
+  octave_value (const FloatComplexRowVector& v);
+  octave_value (const ComplexColumnVector& v);
+  octave_value (const FloatComplexColumnVector& v);
+  octave_value (const PermMatrix& p);
+  octave_value (bool b);
+  octave_value (const boolMatrix& bm, const MatrixType& t = MatrixType ());
+  octave_value (const boolNDArray& bnda);
+  octave_value (const Array<bool>& bnda);
+  octave_value (char c, char type = '\'');
+  octave_value (const char *s, char type = '\'');
+  octave_value (const std::string& s, char type = '\'');
+  octave_value (const string_vector& s, char type = '\'');
+  octave_value (const charMatrix& chm,  char type = '\'');
+  octave_value (const charNDArray& chnda, char type = '\'');
+  octave_value (const Array<char>& chnda, char type = '\'');
+  octave_value (const charMatrix& chm, bool is_string,
+                char type = '\'') GCC_ATTR_DEPRECATED;
+  octave_value (const charNDArray& chnda, bool is_string,
+                char type = '\'') GCC_ATTR_DEPRECATED;
+  octave_value (const Array<char>& chnda, bool is_string,
+                char type = '\'') GCC_ATTR_DEPRECATED;
+  octave_value (const SparseMatrix& m, const MatrixType& t = MatrixType ());
+  octave_value (const Sparse<double>& m, const MatrixType& t = MatrixType ());
+  octave_value (const SparseComplexMatrix& m,
+                const MatrixType& t = MatrixType ());
+  octave_value (const Sparse<Complex>& m, const MatrixType& t = MatrixType ());
+  octave_value (const SparseBoolMatrix& bm,
+                const MatrixType& t = MatrixType ());
+  octave_value (const Sparse<bool>& m, const MatrixType& t = MatrixType ());
+  octave_value (const octave_int8& i);
+  octave_value (const octave_int16& i);
+  octave_value (const octave_int32& i);
+  octave_value (const octave_int64& i);
+  octave_value (const octave_uint8& i);
+  octave_value (const octave_uint16& i);
+  octave_value (const octave_uint32& i);
+  octave_value (const octave_uint64& i);
+  octave_value (const int8NDArray& inda);
+  octave_value (const Array<octave_int8>& inda);
+  octave_value (const int16NDArray& inda);
+  octave_value (const Array<octave_int16>& inda);
+  octave_value (const int32NDArray& inda);
+  octave_value (const Array<octave_int32>& inda);
+  octave_value (const int64NDArray& inda);
+  octave_value (const Array<octave_int64>& inda);
+  octave_value (const uint8NDArray& inda);
+  octave_value (const Array<octave_uint8>& inda);
+  octave_value (const uint16NDArray& inda);
+  octave_value (const Array<octave_uint16>& inda);
+  octave_value (const uint32NDArray& inda);
+  octave_value (const Array<octave_uint32>& inda);
+  octave_value (const uint64NDArray& inda);
+  octave_value (const Array<octave_uint64>& inda);
+  octave_value (const Array<octave_idx_type>& inda,
+                bool zero_based = false, bool cache_index = false);
+  octave_value (const Array<std::string>& cellstr);
+  octave_value (const idx_vector& idx, bool lazy = true);
+  octave_value (double base, double limit, double inc);
+  octave_value (const Range& r);
+  octave_value (const octave_map& m);
+  octave_value (const octave_scalar_map& m);
+  octave_value (const Octave_map& m);
+  octave_value (const Octave_map& m, const std::string& id,
+                const std::list<std::string>& plist);
+  octave_value (const octave_value_list& m, bool = false);
+  octave_value (octave_value::magic_colon);
+
+  octave_value (octave_base_value *new_rep, bool borrow = false);
+  octave_value (octave_base_value *new_rep, int xcount) GCC_ATTR_DEPRECATED;
+
+  // Copy constructor.
+
+  octave_value (const octave_value& a)
+    {
+      rep = a.rep;
+      rep->count++;
+    }
+
+  // This should only be called for derived types.
+
+  octave_base_value *clone (void) const;
+
+  octave_base_value *empty_clone (void) const
+    { return rep->empty_clone (); }
+
+  // Delete the representation of this constant if the count drops to
+  // zero.
+
+  ~octave_value (void)
+  {
+    if (--rep->count == 0)
+      delete rep;
+  }
+
+  void make_unique (void)
+    {
+      if (rep->count > 1)
+        {
+          octave_base_value *r = rep->unique_clone ();
+
+          if (--rep->count == 0)
+            delete rep;
+
+          rep = r;
+        }
+    }
+
+  // This uniquifies the value if it is referenced by more than a certain
+  // number of shallow copies. This is useful for optimizations where we
+  // know a certain copy, typically within a cell array, to be obsolete.
+  void make_unique (int obsolete_copies)
+    {
+      if (rep->count > obsolete_copies + 1)
+        {
+          octave_base_value *r = rep->unique_clone ();
+
+          if (--rep->count == 0)
+            delete rep;
+
+          rep = r;
+        }
+    }
+
+  // Simple assignment.
+
+  octave_value& operator = (const octave_value& a)
+    {
+      if (rep != a.rep)
+        {
+          if (--rep->count == 0)
+            delete rep;
+
+          rep = a.rep;
+          rep->count++;
+        }
+
+      return *this;
+    }
+
+  octave_idx_type get_count (void) const { return rep->count; }
+
+  octave_base_value::type_conv_info numeric_conversion_function (void) const
+    { return rep->numeric_conversion_function (); }
+
+  octave_base_value::type_conv_info numeric_demotion_function (void) const
+    { return rep->numeric_demotion_function (); }
+
+  void maybe_mutate (void);
+
+  octave_value squeeze (void) const
+    { return rep->squeeze (); }
+
+  // The result of full().
+  octave_value full_value (void) const
+    { return rep->full_value (); }
+
+  octave_base_value *try_narrowing_conversion (void)
+    { return rep->try_narrowing_conversion (); }
+
+  // Close to dims (), but can be overloaded for classes.
+  Matrix size (void)
+    { return rep->size (); }
+
+  octave_idx_type numel (const octave_value_list& idx)
+    { return rep->numel (idx); }
+
+  octave_value single_subsref (const std::string& type,
+                               const octave_value_list& idx);
+
+  octave_value subsref (const std::string& type,
+                        const std::list<octave_value_list>& idx)
+    { return rep->subsref (type, idx); }
+
+  octave_value subsref (const std::string& type,
+                        const std::list<octave_value_list>& idx,
+                        bool auto_add)
+    { return rep->subsref (type, idx, auto_add); }
+
+  octave_value_list subsref (const std::string& type,
+                             const std::list<octave_value_list>& idx,
+                             int nargout);
+
+  octave_value_list subsref (const std::string& type,
+                             const std::list<octave_value_list>& idx,
+                             int nargout,
+                             const std::list<octave_lvalue> *lvalue_list);
+
+  octave_value next_subsref (const std::string& type, const
+                             std::list<octave_value_list>& idx,
+                             size_t skip = 1);
+
+  octave_value_list next_subsref (int nargout,
+                                  const std::string& type, const
+                                  std::list<octave_value_list>& idx,
+                                  size_t skip = 1);
+
+  octave_value next_subsref (bool auto_add, const std::string& type, const
+                             std::list<octave_value_list>& idx,
+                             size_t skip = 1);
+
+  octave_value do_index_op (const octave_value_list& idx,
+                            bool resize_ok = false)
+    { return rep->do_index_op (idx, resize_ok); }
+
+  octave_value_list
+  do_multi_index_op (int nargout, const octave_value_list& idx);
+
+  octave_value_list
+  do_multi_index_op (int nargout, const octave_value_list& idx,
+                     const std::list<octave_lvalue> *lvalue_list);
+
+  octave_value subsasgn (const std::string& type,
+                                 const std::list<octave_value_list>& idx,
+                                 const octave_value& rhs);
+
+  octave_value undef_subsasgn (const std::string& type,
+                               const std::list<octave_value_list>& idx,
+                               const octave_value& rhs);
+
+  octave_value& assign (assign_op op, const std::string& type,
+                       const std::list<octave_value_list>& idx,
+                       const octave_value& rhs);
+
+  octave_value& assign (assign_op, const octave_value& rhs);
+
+  idx_vector index_vector (void) const
+    { return rep->index_vector (); }
+
+  // Size.
+
+  dim_vector dims (void) const
+    { return rep->dims (); }
+
+  octave_idx_type rows (void) const { return rep->rows (); }
+
+  octave_idx_type columns (void) const { return rep->columns (); }
+
+  octave_idx_type length (void) const;
+
+  int ndims (void) const { return rep->ndims (); }
+
+  bool all_zero_dims (void) const { return dims ().all_zero (); }
+
+  octave_idx_type numel (void) const
+    { return rep->numel (); }
+
+  octave_idx_type capacity (void) const
+    { return rep->capacity (); }
+
+  size_t byte_size (void) const
+    { return rep->byte_size (); }
+
+  octave_idx_type nnz (void) const { return rep->nnz (); }
+
+  octave_idx_type nzmax (void) const { return rep->nzmax (); }
+
+  octave_idx_type nfields (void) const { return rep->nfields (); }
+
+  octave_value reshape (const dim_vector& dv) const
+    { return rep->reshape (dv); }
+
+  octave_value permute (const Array<int>& vec, bool inv = false) const
+    { return rep->permute (vec, inv); }
+
+  octave_value ipermute (const Array<int>& vec) const
+    { return rep->permute (vec, true); }
+
+  octave_value resize (const dim_vector& dv, bool fill = false) const
+    { return rep->resize (dv, fill);}
+
+  MatrixType matrix_type (void) const
+  { return rep->matrix_type (); }
+
+  MatrixType matrix_type (const MatrixType& typ) const
+  { return rep->matrix_type (typ); }
+
+  // Does this constant have a type?  Both of these are provided since
+  // it is sometimes more natural to write is_undefined() instead of
+  // ! is_defined().
+
+  bool is_defined (void) const
+    { return rep->is_defined (); }
+
+  bool is_undefined (void) const
+    { return ! is_defined (); }
+
+  bool is_empty (void) const
+    { return rep->is_empty (); }
+
+  bool is_cell (void) const
+    { return rep->is_cell (); }
+
+  bool is_cellstr (void) const
+    { return rep->is_cellstr (); }
+
+  bool is_real_scalar (void) const
+    { return rep->is_real_scalar (); }
+
+  bool is_real_matrix (void) const
+    { return rep->is_real_matrix (); }
+
+  bool is_complex_scalar (void) const
+    { return rep->is_complex_scalar (); }
+
+  bool is_complex_matrix (void) const
+    { return rep->is_complex_matrix (); }
+
+  bool is_bool_scalar (void) const
+    { return rep->is_bool_scalar (); }
+
+  bool is_bool_matrix (void) const
+    { return rep->is_bool_matrix (); }
+
+  bool is_char_matrix (void) const
+    { return rep->is_char_matrix (); }
+
+  bool is_diag_matrix (void) const
+    { return rep->is_diag_matrix (); }
+
+  bool is_perm_matrix (void) const
+    { return rep->is_perm_matrix (); }
+
+  bool is_string (void) const
+    { return rep->is_string (); }
+
+  bool is_sq_string (void) const
+    { return rep->is_sq_string (); }
+
+  bool is_dq_string (void) const
+    { return rep->is_string () && ! rep->is_sq_string (); }
+
+  bool is_range (void) const
+    { return rep->is_range (); }
+
+  bool is_map (void) const
+    { return rep->is_map (); }
+
+  bool is_object (void) const
+    { return rep->is_object (); }
+
+  bool is_cs_list (void) const
+    { return rep->is_cs_list (); }
+
+  bool is_magic_colon (void) const
+    { return rep->is_magic_colon (); }
+
+  bool is_null_value (void) const
+    { return rep->is_null_value (); }
+
+  // Are any or all of the elements in this constant nonzero?
+
+  octave_value all (int dim = 0) const
+    { return rep->all (dim); }
+
+  octave_value any (int dim = 0) const
+    { return rep->any (dim); }
+
+  builtin_type_t builtin_type (void) const
+    { return rep->builtin_type (); }
+
+  // Floating point types.
+
+  bool is_double_type (void) const
+    { return rep->is_double_type (); }
+
+  bool is_single_type (void) const
+    { return rep->is_single_type (); }
+
+  bool is_float_type (void) const
+    { return rep->is_float_type (); }
+
+  // Integer types.
+
+  bool is_int8_type (void) const
+    { return rep->is_int8_type (); }
+
+  bool is_int16_type (void) const
+    { return rep->is_int16_type (); }
+
+  bool is_int32_type (void) const
+    { return rep->is_int32_type (); }
+
+  bool is_int64_type (void) const
+   { return rep->is_int64_type (); }
+
+  bool is_uint8_type (void) const
+    { return rep->is_uint8_type (); }
+
+  bool is_uint16_type (void) const
+    { return rep->is_uint16_type (); }
+
+  bool is_uint32_type (void) const
+    { return rep->is_uint32_type (); }
+
+  bool is_uint64_type (void) const
+    { return rep->is_uint64_type (); }
+
+  // Other type stuff.
+
+  bool is_bool_type (void) const
+    { return rep->is_bool_type (); }
+
+  bool is_integer_type (void) const
+    { return rep->is_integer_type (); }
+
+  bool is_real_type (void) const
+    { return rep->is_real_type (); }
+
+  bool is_complex_type (void) const
+    { return rep->is_complex_type (); }
+
+  bool is_scalar_type (void) const
+    { return rep->is_scalar_type (); }
+
+  bool is_matrix_type (void) const
+    { return rep->is_matrix_type (); }
+
+  bool is_numeric_type (void) const
+    { return rep->is_numeric_type (); }
+
+  bool is_sparse_type (void) const
+    { return rep->is_sparse_type (); }
+
+  // Does this constant correspond to a truth value?
+
+  bool is_true (void) const
+    { return rep->is_true (); }
+
+  // Do two constants match (in a switch statement)?
+
+  bool is_equal (const octave_value&) const;
+
+  // Are the dimensions of this constant zero by zero?
+
+  bool is_zero_by_zero (void) const
+    { return (rows () == 0 && columns () == 0); }
+
+  bool is_constant (void) const
+    { return rep->is_constant (); }
+
+  bool is_function_handle (void) const
+    { return rep->is_function_handle (); }
+
+  bool is_anonymous_function (void) const
+    { return rep->is_anonymous_function (); }
+
+  bool is_inline_function (void) const
+    { return rep->is_inline_function (); }
+
+  bool is_function (void) const
+    { return rep->is_function (); }
+
+  bool is_user_script (void) const
+    { return rep->is_user_script (); }
+
+  bool is_user_function (void) const
+    { return rep->is_user_function (); }
+
+  bool is_user_code (void) const
+    { return rep->is_user_code (); }
+
+  bool is_builtin_function (void) const
+    { return rep->is_builtin_function (); }
+
+  bool is_dld_function (void) const
+    { return rep->is_dld_function (); }
+
+  bool is_mex_function (void) const
+    { return rep->is_mex_function (); }
+
+  void erase_subfunctions (void) { rep->erase_subfunctions (); }
+
+  // Values.
+
+  octave_value eval (void) { return *this; }
+
+  short int
+  short_value (bool req_int = false, bool frc_str_conv = false) const
+    { return rep->short_value (req_int, frc_str_conv); }
+
+  unsigned short int
+  ushort_value (bool req_int = false, bool frc_str_conv = false) const
+    { return rep->ushort_value (req_int, frc_str_conv); }
+
+  int int_value (bool req_int = false, bool frc_str_conv = false) const
+    { return rep->int_value (req_int, frc_str_conv); }
+
+  unsigned int
+  uint_value (bool req_int = false, bool frc_str_conv = false) const
+    { return rep->uint_value (req_int, frc_str_conv); }
+
+  int nint_value (bool frc_str_conv = false) const
+    { return rep->nint_value (frc_str_conv); }
+
+  long int
+  long_value (bool req_int = false, bool frc_str_conv = false) const
+    { return rep->long_value (req_int, frc_str_conv); }
+
+  unsigned long int
+  ulong_value (bool req_int = false, bool frc_str_conv = false) const
+    { return rep->ulong_value (req_int, frc_str_conv); }
+
+  octave_idx_type
+  idx_type_value (bool req_int = false, bool frc_str_conv = false) const;
+
+  double double_value (bool frc_str_conv = false) const
+    { return rep->double_value (frc_str_conv); }
+
+  float float_value (bool frc_str_conv = false) const
+    { return rep->float_value (frc_str_conv); }
+
+  double scalar_value (bool frc_str_conv = false) const
+    { return rep->scalar_value (frc_str_conv); }
+
+  float float_scalar_value (bool frc_str_conv = false) const
+    { return rep->float_scalar_value (frc_str_conv); }
+
+  Cell cell_value (void) const;
+
+  Matrix matrix_value (bool frc_str_conv = false) const
+    { return rep->matrix_value (frc_str_conv); }
+
+  FloatMatrix float_matrix_value (bool frc_str_conv = false) const
+    { return rep->float_matrix_value (frc_str_conv); }
+
+  NDArray array_value (bool frc_str_conv = false) const
+    { return rep->array_value (frc_str_conv); }
+
+  FloatNDArray float_array_value (bool frc_str_conv = false) const
+    { return rep->float_array_value (frc_str_conv); }
+
+  Complex complex_value (bool frc_str_conv = false) const
+    { return rep->complex_value (frc_str_conv); }
+
+  FloatComplex float_complex_value (bool frc_str_conv = false) const
+    { return rep->float_complex_value (frc_str_conv); }
+
+  ComplexMatrix complex_matrix_value (bool frc_str_conv = false) const
+    { return rep->complex_matrix_value (frc_str_conv); }
+
+  FloatComplexMatrix float_complex_matrix_value (bool frc_str_conv = false) const
+    { return rep->float_complex_matrix_value (frc_str_conv); }
+
+  ComplexNDArray complex_array_value (bool frc_str_conv = false) const
+    { return rep->complex_array_value (frc_str_conv); }
+
+  FloatComplexNDArray float_complex_array_value (bool frc_str_conv = false) const
+    { return rep->float_complex_array_value (frc_str_conv); }
+
+  bool bool_value (bool warn = false) const
+    { return rep->bool_value (warn); }
+
+  boolMatrix bool_matrix_value (bool warn = false) const
+    { return rep->bool_matrix_value (warn); }
+
+  boolNDArray bool_array_value (bool warn = false) const
+    { return rep->bool_array_value (warn); }
+
+  charMatrix char_matrix_value (bool frc_str_conv = false) const
+    { return rep->char_matrix_value (frc_str_conv); }
+
+  charNDArray char_array_value (bool frc_str_conv = false) const
+    { return rep->char_array_value (frc_str_conv); }
+
+  SparseMatrix sparse_matrix_value (bool frc_str_conv = false) const
+    { return rep->sparse_matrix_value (frc_str_conv); }
+
+  SparseComplexMatrix sparse_complex_matrix_value (bool frc_str_conv = false) const
+    { return rep->sparse_complex_matrix_value (frc_str_conv); }
+
+  SparseBoolMatrix sparse_bool_matrix_value (bool warn = false) const
+    { return rep->sparse_bool_matrix_value (warn); }
+
+  DiagMatrix diag_matrix_value (bool force = false) const
+    { return rep->diag_matrix_value (force); }
+
+  FloatDiagMatrix float_diag_matrix_value (bool force = false) const
+    { return rep->float_diag_matrix_value (force); }
+
+  ComplexDiagMatrix complex_diag_matrix_value (bool force = false) const
+    { return rep->complex_diag_matrix_value (force); }
+
+  FloatComplexDiagMatrix float_complex_diag_matrix_value (bool force = false) const
+    { return rep->float_complex_diag_matrix_value (force); }
+
+  PermMatrix perm_matrix_value (void) const
+    { return rep->perm_matrix_value (); }
+
+  octave_int8 int8_scalar_value (void) const
+    { return rep->int8_scalar_value (); }
+
+  octave_int16 int16_scalar_value (void) const
+    { return rep->int16_scalar_value (); }
+
+  octave_int32 int32_scalar_value (void) const
+    { return rep->int32_scalar_value (); }
+
+  octave_int64 int64_scalar_value (void) const
+    { return rep->int64_scalar_value (); }
+
+  octave_uint8 uint8_scalar_value (void) const
+    { return rep->uint8_scalar_value (); }
+
+  octave_uint16 uint16_scalar_value (void) const
+    { return rep->uint16_scalar_value (); }
+
+  octave_uint32 uint32_scalar_value (void) const
+    { return rep->uint32_scalar_value (); }
+
+  octave_uint64 uint64_scalar_value (void) const
+    { return rep->uint64_scalar_value (); }
+
+  int8NDArray int8_array_value (void) const
+    { return rep->int8_array_value (); }
+
+  int16NDArray int16_array_value (void) const
+    { return rep->int16_array_value (); }
+
+  int32NDArray int32_array_value (void) const
+    { return rep->int32_array_value (); }
+
+  int64NDArray int64_array_value (void) const
+    { return rep->int64_array_value (); }
+
+  uint8NDArray uint8_array_value (void) const
+    { return rep->uint8_array_value (); }
+
+  uint16NDArray uint16_array_value (void) const
+    { return rep->uint16_array_value (); }
+
+  uint32NDArray uint32_array_value (void) const
+    { return rep->uint32_array_value (); }
+
+  uint64NDArray uint64_array_value (void) const
+    { return rep->uint64_array_value (); }
+
+  string_vector all_strings (bool pad = false) const
+    { return rep->all_strings (pad); }
+
+  std::string string_value (bool force = false) const
+    { return rep->string_value (force); }
+
+  Array<std::string> cellstr_value (void) const
+    { return rep->cellstr_value (); }
+
+  Range range_value (void) const
+    { return rep->range_value (); }
+
+  octave_map map_value (void) const;
+
+  octave_scalar_map scalar_map_value (void) const;
+
+  string_vector map_keys (void) const
+    { return rep->map_keys (); }
+
+  size_t nparents (void) const
+    { return rep->nparents (); }
+
+  std::list<std::string> parent_class_name_list (void) const
+    { return rep->parent_class_name_list (); }
+
+  string_vector parent_class_names (void) const
+    { return rep->parent_class_names (); }
+
+  octave_base_value *
+  find_parent_class (const std::string& parent_class_name)
+    { return rep->find_parent_class (parent_class_name); }
+
+  octave_function *function_value (bool silent = false) const;
+
+  octave_user_function *user_function_value (bool silent = false) const;
+
+  octave_user_script *user_script_value (bool silent = false) const;
+
+  octave_user_code *user_code_value (bool silent = false) const;
+
+  octave_fcn_handle *fcn_handle_value (bool silent = false) const;
+
+  octave_fcn_inline *fcn_inline_value (bool silent = false) const;
+
+  octave_value_list list_value (void) const;
+
+  ColumnVector column_vector_value (bool frc_str_conv = false,
+                             bool frc_vec_conv = false) const;
+
+  ComplexColumnVector
+  complex_column_vector_value (bool frc_str_conv = false,
+                        bool frc_vec_conv = false) const;
+
+  RowVector row_vector_value (bool frc_str_conv = false,
+                              bool frc_vec_conv = false) const;
+
+  ComplexRowVector
+  complex_row_vector_value (bool frc_str_conv = false,
+                            bool frc_vec_conv = false) const;
+
+
+  FloatColumnVector float_column_vector_value (bool frc_str_conv = false,
+                             bool frc_vec_conv = false) const;
+
+  FloatComplexColumnVector
+  float_complex_column_vector_value (bool frc_str_conv = false,
+                        bool frc_vec_conv = false) const;
+
+  FloatRowVector float_row_vector_value (bool frc_str_conv = false,
+                              bool frc_vec_conv = false) const;
+
+  FloatComplexRowVector
+  float_complex_row_vector_value (bool frc_str_conv = false,
+                            bool frc_vec_conv = false) const;
+
+
+
+
+  Array<int> int_vector_value (bool req_int = false,
+                               bool frc_str_conv = false,
+                               bool frc_vec_conv = false) const;
+
+  Array<octave_idx_type>
+  octave_idx_type_vector_value (bool req_int = false,
+                                bool frc_str_conv = false,
+                                bool frc_vec_conv = false) const;
+
+  Array<double> vector_value (bool frc_str_conv = false,
+                              bool frc_vec_conv = false) const;
+
+  Array<Complex> complex_vector_value (bool frc_str_conv = false,
+                                       bool frc_vec_conv = false) const;
+
+  Array<float> float_vector_value (bool frc_str_conv = false,
+                              bool frc_vec_conv = false) const;
+
+  Array<FloatComplex> float_complex_vector_value (bool frc_str_conv = false,
+                                       bool frc_vec_conv = false) const;
+
+  // Possibly economize a lazy-indexed value.
+
+  void maybe_economize (void)
+    { rep->maybe_economize (); }
+
+  // The following two hook conversions are called on any octave_value prior to
+  // storing it to a "permanent" location, like a named variable, a cell or a
+  // struct component, or a return value of a function.
+
+  octave_value storable_value (void) const;
+
+  // Ditto, but in place, i.e. equivalent to *this = this->storable_value (),
+  // but possibly more efficient.
+
+  void make_storable_value (void);
+
+  // Conversions.  These should probably be private.  If a user of this
+  // class wants a certain kind of constant, he should simply ask for
+  // it, and we should convert it if possible.
+
+  octave_value convert_to_str (bool pad = false, bool force = false,
+                               char type = '\'') const
+    { return rep->convert_to_str (pad, force, type); }
+
+  octave_value
+  convert_to_str_internal (bool pad, bool force, char type) const
+    { return rep->convert_to_str_internal (pad, force, type); }
+
+  void convert_to_row_or_column_vector (void)
+    { rep->convert_to_row_or_column_vector (); }
+
+  bool print_as_scalar (void) const
+    { return rep->print_as_scalar (); }
+
+  void print (std::ostream& os, bool pr_as_read_syntax = false) const
+    { rep->print (os, pr_as_read_syntax); }
+
+  void print_raw (std::ostream& os,
+                          bool pr_as_read_syntax = false) const
+    { rep->print_raw (os, pr_as_read_syntax); }
+
+  bool print_name_tag (std::ostream& os, const std::string& name) const
+    { return rep->print_name_tag (os, name); }
+
+  void print_with_name (std::ostream& os, const std::string& name) const
+  { rep->print_with_name (os, name, true); }
+
+  int type_id (void) const { return rep->type_id (); }
+
+  std::string type_name (void) const { return rep->type_name (); }
+
+  std::string class_name (void) const { return rep->class_name (); }
+
+  // Unary and binary operations.
+
+  friend OCTINTERP_API octave_value do_unary_op (unary_op op,
+                                   const octave_value& a);
+
+  octave_value& do_non_const_unary_op (unary_op op);
+
+  octave_value& do_non_const_unary_op (unary_op op, const std::string& type,
+                                      const std::list<octave_value_list>& idx);
+
+  friend OCTINTERP_API octave_value do_binary_op (binary_op op,
+                                    const octave_value& a,
+                                    const octave_value& b);
+
+  friend OCTINTERP_API octave_value do_binary_op (compound_binary_op op,
+                                                  const octave_value& a,
+                                                  const octave_value& b);
+
+  friend OCTINTERP_API octave_value do_cat_op (const octave_value& a,
+                                 const octave_value& b,
+                                 const Array<octave_idx_type>& ra_idx);
+
+  const octave_base_value& get_rep (void) const { return *rep; }
+
+  bool is_copy_of (const octave_value &val) const { return rep == val.rep; }
+
+  void print_info (std::ostream& os,
+                           const std::string& prefix = std::string ()) const;
+
+  bool save_ascii (std::ostream& os) { return rep->save_ascii (os); }
+
+  bool load_ascii (std::istream& is) { return rep->load_ascii (is); }
+
+  bool save_binary (std::ostream& os, bool& save_as_floats)
+    { return rep->save_binary (os, save_as_floats); }
+
+  bool load_binary (std::istream& is, bool swap,
+                            oct_mach_info::float_format fmt)
+    { return rep->load_binary (is, swap, fmt); }
+
+#if defined (HAVE_HDF5)
+  bool save_hdf5 (hid_t loc_id, const char *name, bool save_as_floats)
+    { return rep->save_hdf5 (loc_id, name, save_as_floats); }
+
+  bool load_hdf5 (hid_t loc_id, const char *name)
+    { return rep->load_hdf5 (loc_id, name); }
+#endif
+
+  int write (octave_stream& os, int block_size,
+                     oct_data_conv::data_type output_type, int skip,
+                     oct_mach_info::float_format flt_fmt) const;
+
+  octave_base_value *internal_rep (void) const { return rep; }
+
+  // Unsafe.  These functions exist to support the MEX interface.
+  // You should not use them anywhere else.
+  void *mex_get_data (void) const { return rep->mex_get_data (); }
+
+  octave_idx_type *mex_get_ir (void) const { return rep->mex_get_ir (); }
+
+  octave_idx_type *mex_get_jc (void) const { return rep->mex_get_jc (); }
+
+  mxArray *as_mxArray (void) const { return rep->as_mxArray (); }
+
+  octave_value diag (octave_idx_type k = 0) const
+    { return rep->diag (k); }
+
+  octave_value diag (octave_idx_type m, octave_idx_type n) const
+    { return rep->diag (m, n); }
+
+  octave_value sort (octave_idx_type dim = 0, sortmode mode = ASCENDING) const
+    { return rep->sort (dim, mode); }
+  octave_value sort (Array<octave_idx_type> &sidx, octave_idx_type dim = 0,
+                 sortmode mode = ASCENDING) const
+    { return rep->sort (sidx, dim, mode); }
+
+  sortmode is_sorted (sortmode mode = UNSORTED) const
+    { return rep->is_sorted (mode); }
+
+  Array<octave_idx_type> sort_rows_idx (sortmode mode = ASCENDING) const
+    { return rep->sort_rows_idx (mode); }
+
+  sortmode is_sorted_rows (sortmode mode = UNSORTED) const
+    { return rep->is_sorted_rows (mode); }
+
+  void lock (void) { rep->lock (); }
+
+  void unlock (void) { rep->unlock (); }
+
+  bool islocked (void) const { return rep->islocked (); }
+
+  void dump (std::ostream& os) const { rep->dump (os); }
+
+#define MAPPER_FORWARD(F) \
+  octave_value F (void) const { return rep->map (octave_base_value::umap_ ## F); }
+
+  MAPPER_FORWARD (abs)
+  MAPPER_FORWARD (acos)
+  MAPPER_FORWARD (acosh)
+  MAPPER_FORWARD (angle)
+  MAPPER_FORWARD (arg)
+  MAPPER_FORWARD (asin)
+  MAPPER_FORWARD (asinh)
+  MAPPER_FORWARD (atan)
+  MAPPER_FORWARD (atanh)
+  MAPPER_FORWARD (cbrt)
+  MAPPER_FORWARD (ceil)
+  MAPPER_FORWARD (conj)
+  MAPPER_FORWARD (cos)
+  MAPPER_FORWARD (cosh)
+  MAPPER_FORWARD (erf)
+  MAPPER_FORWARD (erfinv)
+  MAPPER_FORWARD (erfcinv)
+  MAPPER_FORWARD (erfc)
+  MAPPER_FORWARD (erfcx)
+  MAPPER_FORWARD (exp)
+  MAPPER_FORWARD (expm1)
+  MAPPER_FORWARD (finite)
+  MAPPER_FORWARD (fix)
+  MAPPER_FORWARD (floor)
+  MAPPER_FORWARD (gamma)
+  MAPPER_FORWARD (imag)
+  MAPPER_FORWARD (isinf)
+  MAPPER_FORWARD (isna)
+  MAPPER_FORWARD (isnan)
+  MAPPER_FORWARD (lgamma)
+  MAPPER_FORWARD (log)
+  MAPPER_FORWARD (log2)
+  MAPPER_FORWARD (log10)
+  MAPPER_FORWARD (log1p)
+  MAPPER_FORWARD (real)
+  MAPPER_FORWARD (round)
+  MAPPER_FORWARD (roundb)
+  MAPPER_FORWARD (signum)
+  MAPPER_FORWARD (sin)
+  MAPPER_FORWARD (sinh)
+  MAPPER_FORWARD (sqrt)
+  MAPPER_FORWARD (tan)
+  MAPPER_FORWARD (tanh)
+
+  // These functions are prefixed with X to avoid potential macro
+  // conflicts.
+
+  MAPPER_FORWARD (xisalnum)
+  MAPPER_FORWARD (xisalpha)
+  MAPPER_FORWARD (xisascii)
+  MAPPER_FORWARD (xiscntrl)
+  MAPPER_FORWARD (xisdigit)
+  MAPPER_FORWARD (xisgraph)
+  MAPPER_FORWARD (xislower)
+  MAPPER_FORWARD (xisprint)
+  MAPPER_FORWARD (xispunct)
+  MAPPER_FORWARD (xisspace)
+  MAPPER_FORWARD (xisupper)
+  MAPPER_FORWARD (xisxdigit)
+  MAPPER_FORWARD (xtoascii)
+  MAPPER_FORWARD (xtolower)
+  MAPPER_FORWARD (xtoupper)
+
+#undef MAPPER_FORWARD
+
+  octave_value map (octave_base_value::unary_mapper_t umap) const
+    { return rep->map (umap); }
+
+  // Extract the n-th element, aka val(n). Result is undefined if val is not an
+  // array type or n is out of range. Never error.
+  octave_value
+  fast_elem_extract (octave_idx_type n) const
+    { return rep->fast_elem_extract (n); }
+
+  // Assign the n-th element, aka val(n) = x. Returns false if val is not an
+  // array type, x is not a matching scalar type, or n is out of range.
+  // Never error.
+  virtual bool
+  fast_elem_insert (octave_idx_type n, const octave_value& x)
+    {
+      make_unique ();
+      return rep->fast_elem_insert (n, x);
+    }
+
+protected:
+
+  // The real representation.
+  octave_base_value *rep;
+
+private:
+
+  assign_op unary_op_to_assign_op (unary_op op);
+
+  binary_op op_eq_to_binary_op (assign_op op);
+
+  // This declaration protects against constructing octave_value from
+  // const octave_base_value* which actually silently calls octave_value (bool).
+  octave_value (const octave_base_value *);
+
+  DECLARE_OCTAVE_ALLOCATOR
+};
+
+// Publish externally used friend functions.
+
+extern OCTINTERP_API octave_value
+do_unary_op (octave_value::unary_op op, const octave_value& a);
+
+extern OCTINTERP_API octave_value
+do_binary_op (octave_value::binary_op op,
+              const octave_value& a, const octave_value& b);
+
+extern OCTINTERP_API octave_value
+do_binary_op (octave_value::compound_binary_op op,
+              const octave_value& a, const octave_value& b);
+
+#define OV_UNOP_FN(name) \
+  inline octave_value \
+  name (const octave_value& a) \
+  { \
+    return do_unary_op (octave_value::name, a); \
+  }
+
+#define OV_UNOP_OP(name, op) \
+  inline octave_value \
+  operator op (const octave_value& a) \
+  { \
+    return name (a); \
+  }
+
+#define OV_UNOP_FN_OP(name, op) \
+  OV_UNOP_FN (name) \
+  OV_UNOP_OP (name, op)
+
+OV_UNOP_FN_OP (op_not, !)
+OV_UNOP_FN_OP (op_uplus, +)
+OV_UNOP_FN_OP (op_uminus, -)
+
+OV_UNOP_FN (op_transpose)
+OV_UNOP_FN (op_hermitian)
+
+// No simple way to define these for prefix and suffix ops?
+//
+//   incr
+//   decr
+
+#define OV_BINOP_FN(name) \
+  inline octave_value \
+  name (const octave_value& a1, const octave_value& a2) \
+  { \
+    return do_binary_op (octave_value::name, a1, a2); \
+  }
+
+#define OV_BINOP_OP(name, op) \
+  inline octave_value \
+  operator op (const octave_value& a1, const octave_value& a2) \
+  { \
+    return name (a1, a2); \
+  }
+
+#define OV_BINOP_FN_OP(name, op) \
+  OV_BINOP_FN (name) \
+  OV_BINOP_OP (name, op)
+
+OV_BINOP_FN_OP (op_add, +)
+OV_BINOP_FN_OP (op_sub, -)
+OV_BINOP_FN_OP (op_mul, *)
+OV_BINOP_FN_OP (op_div, /)
+
+OV_BINOP_FN (op_pow)
+OV_BINOP_FN (op_ldiv)
+OV_BINOP_FN (op_lshift)
+OV_BINOP_FN (op_rshift)
+
+OV_BINOP_FN_OP (op_lt, <)
+OV_BINOP_FN_OP (op_le, <=)
+OV_BINOP_FN_OP (op_eq, ==)
+OV_BINOP_FN_OP (op_ge, >=)
+OV_BINOP_FN_OP (op_gt, >)
+OV_BINOP_FN_OP (op_ne, !=)
+
+OV_BINOP_FN (op_el_mul)
+OV_BINOP_FN (op_el_div)
+OV_BINOP_FN (op_el_pow)
+OV_BINOP_FN (op_el_ldiv)
+OV_BINOP_FN (op_el_and)
+OV_BINOP_FN (op_el_or)
+
+OV_BINOP_FN (op_struct_ref)
+
+#define OV_COMP_BINOP_FN(name) \
+  inline octave_value \
+  name (const octave_value& a1, const octave_value& a2) \
+  { \
+    return do_binary_op (octave_value::name, a1, a2); \
+  }
+
+OV_COMP_BINOP_FN (op_trans_mul)
+OV_COMP_BINOP_FN (op_mul_trans)
+OV_COMP_BINOP_FN (op_herm_mul)
+OV_COMP_BINOP_FN (op_mul_herm)
+
+extern OCTINTERP_API void install_types (void);
+
+// This will eventually go away, but for now it can be used to
+// simplify the transition to the new octave_value class hierarchy,
+// which uses octave_base_value instead of octave_value for the type
+// of octave_value::rep.
+#define OV_REP_TYPE octave_base_value
+
+// Templated value extractors.
+template<class Value>
+inline Value octave_value_extract (const octave_value&)
+  { assert (false); }
+
+#define DEF_VALUE_EXTRACTOR(VALUE,MPREFIX) \
+template<> \
+inline VALUE octave_value_extract<VALUE> (const octave_value& v) \
+  { return v.MPREFIX ## _value (); }
+
+DEF_VALUE_EXTRACTOR (double, scalar)
+DEF_VALUE_EXTRACTOR (float, float_scalar)
+DEF_VALUE_EXTRACTOR (Complex, complex)
+DEF_VALUE_EXTRACTOR (FloatComplex, float_complex)
+DEF_VALUE_EXTRACTOR (bool, bool)
+
+DEF_VALUE_EXTRACTOR (octave_int8, int8_scalar)
+DEF_VALUE_EXTRACTOR (octave_int16, int16_scalar)
+DEF_VALUE_EXTRACTOR (octave_int32, int32_scalar)
+DEF_VALUE_EXTRACTOR (octave_int64, int64_scalar)
+DEF_VALUE_EXTRACTOR (octave_uint8, uint8_scalar)
+DEF_VALUE_EXTRACTOR (octave_uint16, uint16_scalar)
+DEF_VALUE_EXTRACTOR (octave_uint32, uint32_scalar)
+DEF_VALUE_EXTRACTOR (octave_uint64, uint64_scalar)
+
+
+DEF_VALUE_EXTRACTOR (NDArray, array)
+DEF_VALUE_EXTRACTOR (FloatNDArray, float_array)
+DEF_VALUE_EXTRACTOR (ComplexNDArray, complex_array)
+DEF_VALUE_EXTRACTOR (FloatComplexNDArray, float_complex_array)
+DEF_VALUE_EXTRACTOR (boolNDArray, bool_array)
+
+DEF_VALUE_EXTRACTOR (charNDArray, char_array)
+DEF_VALUE_EXTRACTOR (int8NDArray, int8_array)
+DEF_VALUE_EXTRACTOR (int16NDArray, int16_array)
+DEF_VALUE_EXTRACTOR (int32NDArray, int32_array)
+DEF_VALUE_EXTRACTOR (int64NDArray, int64_array)
+DEF_VALUE_EXTRACTOR (uint8NDArray, uint8_array)
+DEF_VALUE_EXTRACTOR (uint16NDArray, uint16_array)
+DEF_VALUE_EXTRACTOR (uint32NDArray, uint32_array)
+DEF_VALUE_EXTRACTOR (uint64NDArray, uint64_array)
+
+DEF_VALUE_EXTRACTOR (Matrix, matrix)
+DEF_VALUE_EXTRACTOR (FloatMatrix, float_matrix)
+DEF_VALUE_EXTRACTOR (ComplexMatrix, complex_matrix)
+DEF_VALUE_EXTRACTOR (FloatComplexMatrix, float_complex_matrix)
+DEF_VALUE_EXTRACTOR (boolMatrix, bool_matrix)
+
+DEF_VALUE_EXTRACTOR (ColumnVector, column_vector)
+DEF_VALUE_EXTRACTOR (FloatColumnVector, float_column_vector)
+DEF_VALUE_EXTRACTOR (ComplexColumnVector, complex_column_vector)
+DEF_VALUE_EXTRACTOR (FloatComplexColumnVector, float_complex_column_vector)
+
+DEF_VALUE_EXTRACTOR (RowVector, row_vector)
+DEF_VALUE_EXTRACTOR (FloatRowVector, float_row_vector)
+DEF_VALUE_EXTRACTOR (ComplexRowVector, complex_row_vector)
+DEF_VALUE_EXTRACTOR (FloatComplexRowVector, float_complex_row_vector)
+
+DEF_VALUE_EXTRACTOR (DiagMatrix, diag_matrix)
+DEF_VALUE_EXTRACTOR (FloatDiagMatrix, float_diag_matrix)
+DEF_VALUE_EXTRACTOR (ComplexDiagMatrix, complex_diag_matrix)
+DEF_VALUE_EXTRACTOR (FloatComplexDiagMatrix, float_complex_diag_matrix)
+DEF_VALUE_EXTRACTOR (PermMatrix, perm_matrix)
+
+DEF_VALUE_EXTRACTOR (SparseMatrix, sparse_matrix)
+DEF_VALUE_EXTRACTOR (SparseComplexMatrix, sparse_complex_matrix)
+DEF_VALUE_EXTRACTOR (SparseBoolMatrix, sparse_bool_matrix)
+#undef DEF_VALUE_EXTRACTOR
+
+#define DEF_DUMMY_VALUE_EXTRACTOR(VALUE,DEFVAL) \
+template<> \
+inline VALUE octave_value_extract<VALUE> (const octave_value&) \
+  { assert (false); return DEFVAL; }
+
+DEF_DUMMY_VALUE_EXTRACTOR (char, 0)
+DEF_DUMMY_VALUE_EXTRACTOR (octave_value, octave_value ())
+#undef DEF_DUMMY_VALUE_EXTRACTOR
+
+#endif