Re: typeinfo

[Carlo De Falco]

> On 13 Apr 2018, at 09:24, Ernst Reissner <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> i am about to resurrect javaoctave, software to access octave from
> within java
> (a feature also matlab offers).
> One task is to provide a means to initialize a variable with any kind of
> octave object.
> I found here the command typeinfo which offers seemingly all types to be
> considered.
> 
> What makes me feel uncomfortable is what help typeinfo displays:
>      If EXPR is omitted, return a cell array of strings containing all
>      the currently installed data types.
> What does mean currently installed data types?
> Does this list depend solely on the octave version
> or is there a way to install more types on a given octave version?
> 
> Thank you for helping.
> 
> Greetings,
> 
> Ernst


Yes, new types can be registered with the C++ API.
This feature is used by some extension packages.

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