changeset 12713:8176c16628c8 stable

doc: Add note about str2double API change to NEWS. * NEWS: Add note about str2double API change.
author Rik <octave@nomad.inbox5.com>
date Mon, 06 Jun 2011 20:21:19 -0700
parents 89638f2b844a
children 25f8acbb6be2
files NEWS
diffstat 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+]
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--- 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