HAS_PYTHON checks if Python is available in the current environment.

By default, does not check for Python availability. On some systems, Python may be broken in ways not detected by this function. The check can be per-session persistently disabled by `stdlib.has_python(false)`. The check can be per-session persistently enabled by `stdlib.has_python(true)`.

https://www.mathworks.com/support/requirements/python-compatibility.html

default is enable_check=false because if Python hasn't even been setup with "pyenv", even with Matlab R2026a, can get uncatchable error like bad lexical cast: source type value could not be interpreted as target

Published with MATLAB® R2026a