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+/*
+
+Copyright (C) 1996 John W. Eaton
+
+This file is part of Octave.
+
+Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any
+later version.
+
+Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with Octave; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the Free
+Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
+
+*/
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#include <config.h>
+#endif
+
+#include "MArray.h"
+#include "MArray2.h"
+#include "lo-error.h"
+
+void
+gripe_nonconformant (const char *op, int op1_len, int op2_len)
+{
+  (*current_liboctave_error_handler)
+    ("%s: nonconformant arguments (op1 len: %d, op2 len: %d)",
+     op, op1_len, op2_len);
+}
+
+void
+gripe_nonconformant (const char *op, int op1_nr, int op1_nc,
+		     int op2_nr, int op2_nc)
+{
+  (*current_liboctave_error_handler)
+    ("%s: nonconformant arguments (op1 is %dx%d, op2 is %dx%d)",
+     op, op1_nr, op1_nc, op2_nr, op2_nc);
+}
+
+/*
+;;; Local Variables: ***
+;;; mode: C++ ***
+;;; End: ***
+*/