# HG changeset patch
# User Rik <rik@octave.org>
# Date 1439177082 25200
# Node ID 8fcbb55745efb79383fb111af06a6644d4b477b4
# Parent  f02c22f71cdb41b13b619482bf7df5f730332373
strfunc: Document function does not accept anonymous functions (partial fix bug #45682).

* ov-fcn-handle.cc (Fstr2func): Add note to docstring that function does not
accept anonymous functions.

diff --git a/libinterp/octave-value/ov-fcn-handle.cc b/libinterp/octave-value/ov-fcn-handle.cc
--- a/libinterp/octave-value/ov-fcn-handle.cc
+++ b/libinterp/octave-value/ov-fcn-handle.cc
@@ -1854,6 +1854,10 @@
 \n\
 If the optional @qcode{\"global\"} argument is passed, locally visible\n\
 functions are ignored in the lookup.\n\
+\n\
+Note: @code{str2func} does not currently accept strings which define\n\
+anonymous functions (those which begin with @samp{a}).\n\
+Use @code{eval (@var{str})} as a replacement.\n\
 @seealso{func2str, inline}\n\
 @end deftypefn")
 {