[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #55495] autoload should only work for .oct files; documentation should also be clear about that

[John W. Eaton]

Follow-up Comment #3, bug #55495 (project octave):

In your .m file, f_2 is a subfunction that is only supposed to be visible to
the main function defined in that file, f_test.  That's why it is not defined
after you simply call f_test.

It does appear that autoload can (sort of) work for .m files that contain
multiple functions.  But given the way that subfunctions work, and because
executing a script file that contains multiple functions will define all of
them and make them globally visible, I think it would be best if we made
autoload work only for .oct files.


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