# HG changeset patch
# User Jaroslav Hajek <highegg@gmail.com>
# Date 1261776685 -3600
# Node ID 1840608646273be9a3dae268adacf3dcaf25a96a
# Parent  73fc43e01f4cd7d7bab41f1fe2ce9246bc58f4a5
allow ismatrix on character matrices

diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2009-12-25  Jaroslav Hajek  <highegg@gmail.com>
+
+	* ov-str-mat.h (octave_char_matrix_str::is_matrix_type): Remove
+	override.
+	* data.cc (Fismatrix): Update test.
+
 2009-12-25  Jaroslav Hajek  <highegg@gmail.com>
 
 	* DLD-FUNCTIONS/strfind.cc: New source.
diff --git a/src/data.cc b/src/data.cc
--- a/src/data.cc
+++ b/src/data.cc
@@ -3375,9 +3375,9 @@
 %!assert(ismatrix (single([1, 2, 3])));
 %!assert(ismatrix (single([1, 2; 3, 4])));
 
-%!assert(ismatrix ("t"), false);
-%!assert(ismatrix ("test"), false);
-%!assert(ismatrix (["test"; "ing"]), false);
+%!assert(ismatrix ("t"));
+%!assert(ismatrix ("test"));
+%!assert(ismatrix (["test"; "ing"]));
 
 %!test
 %! s.a = 1;
diff --git a/src/ov-str-mat.h b/src/ov-str-mat.h
--- a/src/ov-str-mat.h
+++ b/src/ov-str-mat.h
@@ -109,8 +109,6 @@
 
   bool is_real_type (void) const { return false; }
 
-  bool is_matrix_type (void) const { return false; }
-
   bool is_numeric_type (void) const { return false; }
 
   double double_value (bool = false) const;