[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #32053] matlab/Octave differences for complex

[Michael Godfrey]

Follow-up Comment #6, bug #32053 (project octave):

I agree with John's comment that this discussion should move to
the maintainers list.  It deserves a wider audience.

My final comments here are:

1. Is it still good practise for improved performance to preallocate
variables.  For example:
A = complex(zeros(100,), zeros(100));  ?
If so, it might be good to actually do the allocation.

2. I asked around the lab (ISL, Stanford) about how Matlab
does this.  A typical response was by Stephen Boyd who said:

"i m not a wizard, nor even a fan, of matlab.

it's extremely poorly designed, as examples like this show."

Others were less positive. 

So, I would argue that in this case doing it right should be
given some serious thought, within all the usual constraints
including "reasonable" compatibility with Matlab.

My own hope is that Octave will not only be freely available
and widely used, but will also  demonstrate the high 
quality that is attainable in this framework.  

Michael



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