More Octave compatibility fixes wrt catch

matlab/dynare_estimation_1.m

@@ -96,9 +96,10 @@ if options_.use_calibration_initialization %set calibration as starting values
     [xparam1,estim_params_]=do_parameter_initialization(estim_params_,xparam1_calib,xparam1); %get explicitly initialized parameters that have precedence to calibrated values
     try
         check_prior_bounds(xparam1,[bayestopt_.lb bayestopt_.ub],M_,estim_params_,options_,bayestopt_); %check whether calibration satisfies prior bounds
-    catch prior_bound_check_error
+    catch
+        e = lasterror();
         fprintf('Cannot use parameter values from calibration as they violate the prior bounds.')
-        rethrow(prior_bound_check_error);
+        rethrow(e);
     end
 end
 

matlab/gsa/stab_map_.m

@@ -263,7 +263,8 @@ if fload==0,
                 if prepSA,
                     try
                         T=zeros(size(dr_.ghx,1),size(dr_.ghx,2)+size(dr_.ghu,2),Nsam);
-                    catch ME
+                    catch
+                        ME = lasterror();
                         if strcmp('MATLAB:nomem',ME.identifier),
                             prepSA=0;
                             disp('The model is too large for storing state space matrices ...')