# HG changeset patch
# User Rik <octave@nomad.inbox5.com>
# Date 1307416879 25200
# Node ID 8176c16628c859cda9f8ea5a07bd4da8370c2203
# Parent  89638f2b844ae10520c1e214196c7498a61e16c1
doc: Add note about str2double API change to NEWS.

* NEWS: Add note about str2double API change.

diff -r 89638f2b844a -r 8176c16628c8 NEWS
--- a/NEWS	Mon Jun 06 15:46:22 2011 -0400
+++ b/NEWS	Mon Jun 06 20:21:19 2011 -0700
@@ -262,6 +262,11 @@
     of `strcat' has been vectorized and is now much more efficient when
     many strings are concatenated.  The `strcmpi' and `strncmpi'
     functions are now built-in functions, providing better performance.
+
+ ** 'str2double' now has a compiled implementation and the API conforms
+    to Matlab.  The additional Octave-specific features of returning a
+    boolean matrix indicating which elements were successfully converted
+    has been removed.
  
  ** Matlab-style ignoring input and output function arguments using
     tilde (~) is now supported.  Ignored output arguments may be