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1 Summary of important user-visible changes for version 7 (yyyy-mm-dd): |
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4 ### General improvements |
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6 - Many functions in Octave can be called in a command form---no |
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10 **Command Form Example** |
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14 **Function Form Example** |
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18 Octave now handles errors that occur in a consistent manner. If |
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19 called in command form and there is a failure, an error is thrown |
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20 and a message printed. If called in functional form, no error or |
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21 message is printed and the failure is communicated to the programmer |
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24 The following list of functions have been modified. |
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26 * `copyfile` |
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27 * `fcntl` |
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28 * `fileattrib` |
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29 * `kill` |
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30 * `link` |
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31 * `mkfifo` |
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32 * `movefile` |
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33 * `rename` |
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34 * `rmdir` |
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35 * `symlink` |
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36 * `unlink` |
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39 an error. The interpreter makes this check automatically. If a |
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40 function uses varargin then the check is skipped for function inputs, |
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42 outputs. Input validation for functions typically begins with checking |
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43 that the number of inputs and outputs match expectations. Existing code |
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45 interpreter. Typically, code blocks like the following can simply be |
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46 deleted. |
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48 ## Checking number of inputs |
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53 ## Checking number of outputs |
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58 - Binary and hexadecimal constants like `0b101` and `0xDEADBEEF` now |
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59 create integers (unsigned by default) with sizes determined from the |
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61 and `0xDEADBEEF` creates a `uint64` value. You may also use a suffix of |
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62 the form `u8`, `u16`, `u32`, `u64`, `s8`, `s16`, `s32`, or `s64` to |
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63 explicitly specify the data type to use (`u` or `s` to indicate unsigned |
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74 of the desired size such as `[0x1u32; 0x100; 0x10000]`, or 2) pad |
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81 Matlab-compatible and yields results which more nearly minimize `norm |
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140 objects. It is equivalent to the previously used `"uicontextmenu"` |
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144 values of the `"Enable"` property. When the value is `"Off"`, no |
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149 text in an `Edit` box or clicking on a `RadioButton`). |
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164 * `"layout"` (not yet implemented) |
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165 * `"legend"` (not yet implemented) |
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167 graphics objects) |
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169 which is now a hidden property. No plans for removal.) |
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193 `flintmax`. |
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248 * `JupyterNotebook` |
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249 * `listfonts` |
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254 * `rng` |
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267 and will be removed from Octave 9 (or whatever version is the second |
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274 disable_diagonal_matrix | optimize_diagonal_matrix |
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287 ** | ^ | Matrix exponent |
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288 .** | .^ | Element-by-element exponent |
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298 instead. |
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307 - Functions |
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309 Function | Replacement |
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310 -----------------------|------------------ |
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311 `runtests` | `oruntests` |
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328 `output_max_field_width` | `output_precision` |
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346 script to disable it by default, people still ask questions about how to |
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348 because they think it will make Octave code run faster (it never did, |
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352 `jit_failcnt`, and `jit_startcnt`. |
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