[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #58134] Very unhelpful error message when calling a script with an error

[Doug Strain]

URL:
  <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?58134>

                 Summary: Very unhelpful error message when calling a script
with an error
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: saintrain
            Submitted on: Tue 07 Apr 2020 04:19:52 PM UTC
                Category: Interpreter
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Feature Request
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: doug strain
        Originator Email: 
             Open/Closed: Open
                 Release: 5.2.0
         Discussion Lock: Any
        Operating System: GNU/Linux

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Details:

Hi! Love Octave, but ...

When calling t2 from the interpreter, or calling t2.m from another script,
thus
t2.m:
    data = [
     1 2 3
     1 2 3   4
    ];
the error message is a very unhelpful
error: invalid call to script t2.m

But if I enter the text of t2.m (data = ...) directly into the interpreter,
the error message is a helpful
error: vertical dimensions mismatch (1x3 vs 1x4)

Thanks
Doug





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