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changeset 21095:d6fa72047aeb
Update documentation of "exist" to warn of buggy .oct files (bug #36067).
* variables.cc (Fexist): Add warning to docstring about calling function
with a buggy .oct file.
| author | Lachlan Andrew <lachlanbis@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| date | Sat, 16 Jan 2016 12:58:18 +1100 |
| parents | 622e34f6ede3 |
| children | a1529d24beff |
| files | libinterp/corefcn/variables.cc |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/libinterp/corefcn/variables.cc Sun Jan 17 07:37:49 2016 -0800 +++ b/libinterp/corefcn/variables.cc Sat Jan 16 12:58:18 2016 +1100 @@ -573,6 +573,10 @@ not on the search path you should use some combination of the functions\n\ @code{file_in_path} and @code{stat} instead.\n\ \n\ +Programming Note: If @var{name} is implemented by a buggy .oct/.mex file,\n\ +calling @var{exist} may cause Octave to crash. To maintain high\n\ +performance, Octave trusts .oct/.mex files instead of sandboxing them.\n\ +\n\ @seealso{file_in_loadpath, file_in_path, dir_in_loadpath, stat}\n\ @end deftypefn") {