code: def _set(self, name, value):
          r
          if isinstance(value, MlabObjectProxy):
              mlabraw.eval(self._session, "%s = %s;" % (name, value._name))
          else:
  ##             mlabraw.put(self._session, name, self._as_mlabable_type(value))
              mlabraw.put(self._session, name, value)
docs: r"""Directly set a variable `name` in matlab space to `value`.
  
          This should normally not be used in user code.