Hello all, Indeed this would probably break some code. We should carefully check the exist() usage within Scilab to ensure the output value is not passed to macros/gateways checking for a “double” datatype. Code using exists() output value as index or as condition might not be affected.
Don’t hesitate to push such a change on the master branch I will review it. Thanks, Clément From: users <users-boun...@lists.scilab.org> On Behalf Of Antoine Monmayrant Sent: Tuesday, February 9, 2021 4:28 AM To: users@lists.scilab.org Subject: Re: [Scilab-users] slight bug in exists() Hello Federico, I agree with you that this would make more sense. Could such a change be implemented for a point release? I assume it would introduce some bugs in existing code relying on the (unusual) double output... Antoine On 09/02/2021 03:24, Federico Miyara wrote: Dear all, I had already mentioned this a while ago (http://mailinglists.scilab.org/Scilab-users-exists-yields-double-tt4039853.html), but as I guess we are in the update season, it would be good opportunity to fix this (if there isn't strong opposition, or a good reason for this behavior, of course). I'm referring to the fact that the function exists() should by nature yield a Boolean result such as T or F. However, it yields 1 or 0. While this is not a big deal, similar functions performing a binary decision on their arguments, such as isreal(), isvector(), isfile() and many others, yield Boolean results. Regards, Federico Miyara [Image removed by sender.]<https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient> Libre de virus. www.avast.com<https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient> _______________________________________________ users mailing list users@lists.scilab.org<mailto:users@lists.scilab.org> http://lists.scilab.org/mailman/listinfo/users
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