[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #59847] Unexpected behavior of evalin in some cases

[Torsten Lilge]

URL:
  <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59847>

                 Summary: Unexpected behavior of evalin in some cases
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: ttl
            Submitted on: Fri 08 Jan 2021 09:18:10 PM CET
                Category: Interpreter
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Matlab Compatibility
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: 
        Originator Email: 
             Open/Closed: Open
                 Release: 6.1.0
         Discussion Lock: Any
        Operating System: GNU/Linux

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Details:

Consider the following use case of evalin:


function f ()
  evalin ('caller', 'who')
end

function h ()
   hvar = 42;
   evalin ('caller', 'f')
end

>> topvar = 0
>> f ()
>> h ()


Result:

+verbarim+
topvar
hvar


Expected result:


topvar
topvar






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