Deprecate bitmax. * NEWS: Announce deprecation and replacement functions. * scripts/deprecated/bitmax.m: New function. Add deprecation message to docstring. Add deprecation warning to m-file. * scripts/deprecated/module.mk: Add deprecated versions to build system. * libinterp/corefcn/bitfcns.cc: Remove build-in function. Remove function from docstrings. * libinterp/corefcn/data.cc: Remove function from docstrings. * scripts/general/bitcmp.m: Replace bitmax function calls with flintmax. Remove function from docstrings. * scripts/general/bitget.m: Replace bitmax function calls with flintmax. Remove function from docstrings. * scripts/general/bitset.m: Replace bitmax function calls with flintmax. Remove function from docstrings. * scripts/specfun/factor.m: Replace bitmax function calls with flintmax. Remove function from docstrings. * scripts/statistics/distributions/unidpdf.m: Remove function from docstrings. * scripts/general/num2str.m: Replaced function in comment. * doc/interpreter/doccheck/aspell-octave.en.pws: Remove functions from list. * doc/interpreter/numbers.txi: Remove function from manual.

--- a/scripts/specfun/factor.m	Tue Sep 08 10:39:50 2015 +0200
+++ b/scripts/specfun/factor.m	Wed Sep 09 18:43:52 2015 +0200
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 ## their multiplicities.  That is, @code{prod (@var{pf} .^ @var{n}) == @var{q}}.
 ##
 ## Implementation Note: The input @var{q} must be less than
-## @code{bitmax} (9.0072e+15) in order to factor correctly.
+## @code{flintmax} (9.0072e+15) in order to factor correctly.
 ## @seealso{gcd, lcm, isprime, primes}
 ## @end deftypefn
 
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
   q = prod (pf);
   if (q != qorig)
     error ("factor: Q too large to factor");
-  elseif (q > bitmax)
+  elseif (q >= flintmax ())
     warning ("factor: Q too large.  Answer is unreliable");
   endif