[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #51605] operands ++ and -- via function

[Ernst Reissner]

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                 Summary: operands ++ and -- via function
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: ernstreissner
            Submitted on: Fri 28 Jul 2017 01:02:15 PM UTC
                Category: Interpreter
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Feature Request
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: dev
        Operating System: Any

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Details:

In contrast to matlab, 
octave provides operators += and ++ (the latter prefix and postfix). 
Both are based on the operator + which is in turn defined by the function
plus(x,y). 

in oo-programming, one can overwrite operators like + 
by just overwriting the associated function like plus. 
Whereas this automatically overwrites +=, it does not overwrite ++. 
I think this is inconsistent. 







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