Dear all,
Regarding the question I've sent a few days earlier (see below), I think
the Variable Browser in some cases may be creating confusion between
variable types and number formats
For instance,
a = 1.22
creates a variable of type "constant", while its format is "double".
Regards,
Federico Miyara
On 29/11/2019 02:57, Federico Miyara wrote:
Dear all,
I'm trying to elucidate some details regarding types. The most basic
type, corresponding to real or complex decimal numbers (or vectors,
matrices and hypermatrices with this kind of components) is called
"constant" by the function typeof (and so listed in the documentation).
However, the variable browser lists them as "double".
This is somewhat confusing. It seems that "double" refers to the way
each individual component is encoded while constant may refer to the
fact that any array containing doubles is o type constant.
In the case of integers, for instance we have int64 as reported by
typeof, but in the Variable Browser it is listed a bit more in full as
"Integer 64". While this is also slightly inconsistent, it is not to
complain very much about.
In the case of rationals, typeof returns "rational" while the Variable
Browser callsit "r (Tlist)"
Cell array type is called "ce" by typeof but "Cell" in the Variabe Browser
User-defined types in tlists and mlists are designed by the
user-defined type name by typeof, while the variable browser adds
"(Tlist)" or "(Mlist)"
Functions, libraries and impliit lists such as $ are not listed in the
variable bowser but are correctly reported by typeof
I wonder whether there is a reason for all this or it is actually an
issue that could be fixed in a future versions.
Thank you
Regards,
Federico Miyara
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