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--- a/ck-oct-fcns.m
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@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-# Script to check for dependency on whitespace_in_literal_matrix.
-#
-# Use with a command like this:
-#
-#   find . -name '*.m' -print | \
-#     sed -e 's,^.*/,,' -e 's,\.m$,,' | \
-#     octave --norc --silent --path "`pwd`//:" ~/check_octave_functions
-#
-# Originally by R. D. Auchterlounie <rda@eng.cam.ac.uk>
-
-1;  # Don't interpret this a file that defines a single function.
-
-function t = wlm_check (wlm, fname)
-  whitespace_in_literal_matrix = wlm;
-  bc = "printf (\" %s\", wlm)";
-  eval (["t = type ", fname, ";"], ["t = \"failed\";", bc]);
-endfunction
-
-while (isstr (fname = fgets (stdin, 100)))
-
-  # Someone should improve Octave's string handling capabilities!
-
-  tmp = toascii (fname);
-  tmp (length (tmp)) = 0;
-  fname = setstr (tmp);
-
-  printf ("checking %s ...", fname);
-
-  eval (["clear ", fname]); trd = wlm_check ("traditional", fname);
-  eval (["clear ", fname]); ign = wlm_check ("ignore", fname);
-  eval (["clear ", fname]); def = wlm_check ("default", fname);
-
-  if (strcmp  (trd, "failed")
-      || strcmp (ign, "failed")
-      || strcmp (def, "failed"))
-    printf (" FAILED\n");
-  else
-    printf (" ok\n");
-  endif
-
-endwhile