# HG changeset patch
# User Rik <rik@octave.org>
# Date 1377830938 25200
# Node ID cb27dbf9e4bac1a7996714e640ef366f9ade8b81
# Parent  d325a9906a3e124e49b9b5dde65ba859eedda388
Don't warn about saving empty variable names for Matlab compatibility (bug #34259)

* libinterp/corefcn/load-save.cc(save_vars): Test var name for "" and skip
rather than emitting warning.

diff --git a/libinterp/corefcn/load-save.cc b/libinterp/corefcn/load-save.cc
--- a/libinterp/corefcn/load-save.cc
+++ b/libinterp/corefcn/load-save.cc
@@ -1326,6 +1326,8 @@
     {
       for (int i = argv_idx; i < argc; i++)
         {
+          if (argv[i] == "")
+            continue;  // Skip empty vars for Matlab compatibility
           if (! save_vars (os, argv[i], fmt, save_as_floats))
             warning ("save: no such variable '%s'", argv[i].c_str ());
         }