[Scilab-users] Strange list error

[Stefan Du Rietz]

On 2014-01-27 22:43, Serge Steer wrote:
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> Le 27/01/2014 19:05, Stefan Du Rietz a écrit :
>> Hello Paul,
>> after trying like a maniac ;-) I finally managed to reproduce it!
>>
>> The error shows up only when you run the command from the command
>> window after a pause in the attached function testlisterror.sci.
>>
>> -->testlisterror("pnonfast","nonfast")
>> -1->args(1) = null()
>> args(1) = null()
>>                  !--error 44
>> Wrong argument #2.
>>
>> Without the pause it works OK.
>>
>> Regards
>> Stefan
> Under pause, you cannot modify a variable which is defined in the
> calling context
> so in such a context args is not a list as you expect but an empty
> array which is implicitely created
>
> To make it work
> you must do
> -1-> args; //makes a local copy of args
> -1->args(1) = null()
>
> Serge

What do you mean by "defined in the calling context"?
I can modify this:

-1->isfast
  isfast  =
     0.    0.
-1->isfast(1) = 1
  isfast  =
     1.    0.

Stefan