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Add new function javachk for Matlab compatibility. * scripts/java/javachk.m: New function. * scripts/java/module.mk: Add function to build system. * NEWS: Add javachk to list of new functions for 4.2 * java.txi: Add function to manual. * __unimplemented__.m: Remove from list of unimplemented functions. * usejava.m: Mention javachk in seealso list.
author Philip Nienhuis <prnienhuis@users.sf.net>
date Fri, 02 May 2014 14:26:03 -0700
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1 Summary of important user-visible changes for version 4.2:
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4 ** Interpolation function changes for Matlab compatibility
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6 The interpolation method 'cubic' is now equivalent to 'pchip'
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12 ** Integer formats used in the printf family of functions now work for
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13 64-bit integers and are more compatible with Matlab when printing
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18 the maximum for the format specifier. For '%d', the limit is
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19 intmax ('int64') and for '%u' it is intmax ('uint64').
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22 integer format specifier.
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24 There is still one difference: Matlab switches to '%e' and Octave
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25 is currently switching to '%g'.
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48 default_save_options java_new
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49 gen_doc_cache java_set
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50 interp1q java_unsigned_conversion
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51 isequalwithequalnans javafields
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52 java_convert_matrix javamethods
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53 java_debug re_read_readline_init_file
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54 java_get read_readline_init_file
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55 java_invoke saving_history
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57 The following keywords were deprecated in Octave 3.8 and have been
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60 static
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62 The following configuration variables were deprecated in Octave 3.8
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65 CC_VERSION (now GCC_VERSION)
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66 CXX_VERSION (now GXX_VERSION)
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70 <octave_map> (struct array) or <octave_scalar_map> for a single structure.
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78 ** The preference
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108 cut polyderiv
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109 cor shell_cmd
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123 See NEWS.3 for old news.