changeset 33534:9bfc3c313ec4

NEWS.10.md: Mention input validation change in system() (bug #65665) * NEWS.10.md: Mention input validation change in system(). Minor copyedits nearby.
author Arun Giridhar <arungiridhar@gmail.com>
date Mon, 06 May 2024 10:25:17 -0400
parents 5157dd5a6c9a
children e17dbda5f34f a7248dd08efa
files etc/NEWS.10.md
diffstat 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/etc/NEWS.10.md	Sun May 05 11:30:05 2024 +0200
+++ b/etc/NEWS.10.md	Mon May 06 10:25:17 2024 -0400
@@ -61,11 +61,14 @@
 
 - `rat` now accepts complex inputs.
 
+- The optional second input argument of `system`, denoting whether to return
+the output as a variable, is now required to be a boolean value if used.
+
 - Octave functions whose Matlab equivalents give errors when passed non-integer
-values as sizes or dimensions now also give similar errors.
-E.g., `cell (e, pi)` now gives an error in Octave about requiring integer
-sizes for the cell array, matching Matlab behavior.
-Previously, Octave's conversion from non-integers to integers was more lenient.
+values as sizes or dimensions now also give similar errors. For example,
+`cell (e, pi)` now gives an error in Octave about requiring integer sizes
+for the cell array, matching Matlab behavior.  Previously, Octave's conversion
+from non-integers to integers was more lenient.
 
 ### Alphabetical list of new functions added in Octave 10