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bicubic.m: Deprecate function for 4.2 release. * NEWS: Announce deprecation. * scripts/general/bicubic.m: Deleted. * scripts/deprecated/bicubic.m: Moved from scripts/general. Added warning message about function being deprecated. * scripts/deprecated/module.mk: Add deprecated bicubic.m to build system. * scripts/general/module.mk: Remove original bicubic.m from build system.
author Rik <rik@octave.org>
date Wed, 16 Apr 2014 05:57:06 -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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10 1st derivative.
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19 ** Deprecated functions.
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30 removed from Octave 4.2.
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32 default_save_options java_new
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33 gen_doc_cache java_set
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34 interp1q java_unsigned_conversion
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35 isequalwithequalnans javafields
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36 java_convert_matrix javamethods
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38 java_get read_readline_init_file
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39 java_invoke saving_history
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41 The following keywords were deprecated in Octave 3.8 and have been
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46 The following configuration variables were deprecated in Octave 3.8
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49 CC_VERSION (now GCC_VERSION)
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52 The internal class <Octave_map> was deprecated in Octave 3.8 and has
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54 <octave_map> (struct array) or <octave_scalar_map> for a single structure.
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68 ** The preference
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81 compatibility.
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87 ** Deprecated functions.
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