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doc: Add warnings about eventual removal of inline functions. * NEWS: Announce eventual deprecation of inline. * func.txi: Document eventual deprecation of inline in manual. * ov-fcn-inline.cc (Fformula): Add seealso link to char.
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1 Summary of important user-visible changes for version 4.2:
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4 ** A new syntax for object oriented programming termed classdef has been
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5 introduced. See the manual for more extensive documentation of the
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10 classdef endclassdef
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11 enumeration endenumeration
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12 events endevents
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13 methods endmethods
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14 properties endproperties
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20 ** Interpolation function changes for Matlab compatibility
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22 The interpolation method 'cubic' is now equivalent to 'pchip'
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23 for interp1, interp2, and interp3. Previously, 'cubic' was equivalent
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24 to 'spline' for interp2. This may produce different results as 'spline'
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25 has continuous 1st and 2nd derivatives while 'pchip' only has a continuous
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28 ** Integer formats used in the printf family of functions now work for
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29 64-bit integers and are more compatible with Matlab when printing
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30 non-integer values. Now instead of truncating, Octave will switch
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31 the effective format to '%g' in the following circumstances:
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33 * the value of an integer type (int8, uint32, etc.) value exceeds
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34 the maximum for the format specifier. For '%d', the limit is
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35 intmax ('int64') and for '%u' it is intmax ('uint64').
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37 * round(x) != x or the value is outside the range allowed by the
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38 integer format specifier.
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40 There is still one difference: Matlab switches to '%e' and Octave
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41 is currently switching to '%g'.
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43 ** Z-order stacking issues with patches, grid lines, and line object
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44 plot markers for on screen display and printing have all been resolved.
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45 For 2-D plots the axis grid lines can be placed on top of the plot
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46 with set (gca, "layer", "top").
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48 ** The patch graphic object has been overhauled. It now produces visual
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49 results equivalent to Matlab even for esoteric combinations of
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50 faces/vertices/cdata.
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55 ** linkprop has been completely re-coded for performance and Matlab
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56 compatibility. It now returns a linkprop object which must be stored
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57 in a variable for as long as the graphic objects should remain linked.
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58 To unlink properties use 'clear hlink' where hlink is the variable
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59 containing the linkprop object.
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61 ** isprime has been extended to operate on negative and complex inputs.
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64 previous separate warning IDs "Octave:fopen-file-in-path",
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65 "Octave:load-file-in-path", and "Octave:md5sum-file-in-path".
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67 ** Other new functions added in 4.2:
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69 bandwidth
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71 hgload
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72 hgsave
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75 isbanded
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77 istril
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84 sylvester
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85 zoom
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87 ** inline() scheduled for eventual deprecation by Matlab
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89 Functions created through the use of inline are scheduled for deprecation
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90 by Matlab. When this occurs Octave will continue to support inline
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91 functions for an indeterminate amount of time before also removing support.
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92 All new code should use anonymous functions in place of inline functions.
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94 ** Deprecated functions.
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100 Function | Replacement
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102 bicubic | interp2
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103 find_dir_in_path | dir_in_loadpath
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104 finite | isfinite
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106 fnmatch | glob or regexp
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107 nfields | numfields
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108 syl | sylvester
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109 usage | print_usage
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114 default_save_options java_new
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115 gen_doc_cache java_unsigned_conversion
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116 interp1q javafields
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117 isequalwithequalnans javamethods
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118 java_convert_matrix re_read_readline_init_file
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119 java_debug read_readline_init_file
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125 static
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127 The following configuration variables were deprecated in Octave 3.8
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130 CC_VERSION (now GCC_VERSION)
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131 CXX_VERSION (now GXX_VERSION)
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133 The internal class <Octave_map> was deprecated in Octave 3.8 and has
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135 <octave_map> (struct array) or <octave_scalar_map> for a single structure.
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137 Summary of important user-visible changes for version 4.0:
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140 ** For compatibility with Matlab, the "backtrace" warning option is now
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141 enabled by default.
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142
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143 ** The preference
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145 do_braindead_shortcircuit_evaluation
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147 is now enabled by default.
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149 ** The preference
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151 allow_noninteger_range_as_index
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155 Octave:noninteger-range-as-index
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158 for --traditional.
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159
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161 with the eigenvalues on the diagonal. This change was made for Matlab
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162 compatibility.
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163
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164 ** Other new functions added in 4.0.0:
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166 validateattributes
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168 ** Deprecated functions.
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169
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170 The following functions were deprecated in Octave 3.6 and have been
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171 removed from Octave 4.0.
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173 cut polyderiv
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174 cor shell_cmd
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175 corrcoef studentize
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176 __error_text__ sylvester_matrix
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177 error_text
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178
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179 The following functions have been deprecated in Octave 4.0 and will
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181 release after 4.0):
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182
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183 allow_noninteger_range_as_index
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184 do_braindead_shortcircuit_evaluation
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185
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186 The internal function atan2 of the sparse matrix class has been deprecated
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187 in Octave 4.0 and will be removed from Octave 4.4 (or whatever version is
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188 the second major release after 4.0). Use the Fatan2 function with sparse
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189 inputs as a replacement.
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190
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191 ---------------------------------------------------------
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192
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193 See NEWS.3 for old news.