# HG changeset patch
# User John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
# Date 1291753817 18000
# Node ID f8e97e9a9301bb537c41085d3d05509252b7d2d9
# Parent  d7ea780b036f30610a6cbf96358e9d43c919be7b
avoid reparsing files after errors

diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2010-12-07  John W. Eaton  <jwe@octave.org>
+
+	* symtab.cc (symbol_table::fcn_info::fcn_info_rep::find): If an
+	error occurred during the first call to xfind, don't try again.
+
 2010-12-07  John W. Eaton  <jwe@octave.org>
 
 	* oct-parse.yy (case_list): Also accept default_case by itself.
diff --git a/src/symtab.cc b/src/symtab.cc
--- a/src/symtab.cc
+++ b/src/symtab.cc
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@
 {
   octave_value retval = xfind (args, local_funcs);
 
-  if (! retval.is_defined ())
+  if (! (error_state || retval.is_defined ()))
     {
       // It is possible that the user created a file on the fly since
       // the last prompt or chdir, so try updating the load path and