Bug#387137: [Pkg-octave-devel] Bug#387137: spkron(a, b) not working when arguments are scalar

[Thomas Weber]

Hi, 

Am Dienstag, den 12.09.2006, 14:39 +0200 schrieb Nicolas Guilbert:
> Package: octave2.9
> Version: 2.9.8-1
> 
> Steps to reproduce:
> octave-2.9.8:1> spkron(2,3)
> error: octave_base_value::sparse_matrix_value(): wrong type argument `scalar'
> error: octave_base_value::sparse_matrix_value(): wrong type argument `scalar'
> 
> would expect
> 
> ans =  6

Try
	spkron(sparse(2), sparse(3))

I don't consider this a bug. The overhead for sparse-implementations
just doesn't make sense for scalars.

Regards
	Thomas