variables.h

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#if ! defined (octave_variables_h)
#define octave_variables_h 1
 
#include "octave-config.h"
 
class octave_function;
class octave_user_function;
 
class octave_value;
class octave_value_list;
class octave_builtin;
class string_vector;
 
namespace octave
{
  class tree_identifier;
}
 
#include <limits>
#include <string>
 
#include "lo-ieee.h"
 
#include "ov-builtin.h"
 
extern OCTINTERP_API octave_function *
is_valid_function (const octave_value&, const std::string& = "",
                   bool warn = false);
 
extern OCTINTERP_API octave_function *
is_valid_function (const std::string&, const std::string& = "",
                   bool warn = false);
 
OCTAVE_DEPRECATED (6, "use 'octave::get_function_handle' instead")
extern OCTINTERP_API octave_function *
extract_function (const octave_value& arg, const std::string& warn_for,
                  const std::string& fname, const std::string& header,
                  const std::string& trailer);
 
extern OCTINTERP_API int
symbol_exist (const std::string& name, const std::string& type = "any");
 
extern OCTINTERP_API std::string
unique_symbol_name (const std::string& basename);
 
extern OCTINTERP_API octave_value
set_internal_variable (bool& var, const octave_value_list& args,
                       int nargout, const char *nm);
 
extern OCTINTERP_API octave_value
set_internal_variable (char& var, const octave_value_list& args,
                       int nargout, const char *nm);
 
extern OCTINTERP_API octave_value
set_internal_variable (int& var, const octave_value_list& args,
                       int nargout, const char *nm,
                       int minval = std::numeric_limits<int>::min (),
                       int maxval = std::numeric_limits<int>::max ());
 
extern OCTINTERP_API octave_value
set_internal_variable (double& var, const octave_value_list& args,
                       int nargout, const char *nm,
                       double minval = -octave::numeric_limits<double>::Inf (),
                       double maxval = octave::numeric_limits<double>::Inf ());
 
extern OCTINTERP_API octave_value
set_internal_variable (std::string& var, const octave_value_list& args,
                       int nargout, const char *nm, bool empty_ok = true);
 
extern OCTINTERP_API octave_value
set_internal_variable (std::string& var, const octave_value_list& args,
                       int nargout, const char *nm, const char **choices);
 
extern OCTINTERP_API octave_value
set_internal_variable (int& var, const octave_value_list& args,
                       int nargout, const char *nm, const char **choices);
 
#define SET_INTERNAL_VARIABLE(NM)                       \
  set_internal_variable (V ## NM, args, nargout, #NM)
 
#define SET_NONEMPTY_INTERNAL_STRING_VARIABLE(NM)               \
  set_internal_variable (V ## NM, args, nargout, #NM, false)
 
#define SET_INTERNAL_VARIABLE_WITH_LIMITS(NM, MINVAL, MAXVAL)           \
  set_internal_variable (V ## NM, args, nargout, #NM, MINVAL, MAXVAL)
 
// in the following, CHOICES must be a C string array terminated by null.
#define SET_INTERNAL_VARIABLE_CHOICES(NM, CHOICES)              \
  set_internal_variable (V ## NM, args, nargout, #NM, CHOICES)
 
extern OCTINTERP_API std::string
maybe_missing_function_hook (const std::string& name);
 
OCTAVE_DEPRECATED (5, "this function will be removed in a future version of Octave")
extern OCTINTERP_API string_vector
get_struct_elts (const std::string& text);
 
#endif