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maint: merge stable to default
author Rik <rik@octave.org>
date Thu, 16 May 2024 08:32:01 -0700
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1 Summary of bugs fixed for version 8.5.0 (tbd):
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2 ----------------------------------------------------
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4 For (bug #XXXXX) see https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?XXXXX
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6 ### Improvements and fixes
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8 ### GUI
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10 ### Build system / Tests
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12 ### Documentation
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15 Summary of bugs fixed for version 8.4.0 (2023-11-05):
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18 For (bug #XXXXX) see https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?XXXXX
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20 ### Improvements and fixes
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22 - `mkoctfile`: Skip parsing for less flags (bug #64590).
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23 - Fix getting number of non-zero elements in SuiteSparse matrices.
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24 - `delaunayn.m`: Avoid erroneous simplex removal for integer inputs
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25 (bug #64658).
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26 - `delaunayn`: Add precision loss warning for large int inputs (bug #64658).
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27 - `delaunayn`: Also warn for negative integers with large magnitude
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29 - Correctly load all-zero sparse matrices from text files (bug #64696).
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30 - Allocate correct storage for interleaved complex mxArray objects
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31 (bug #64687).
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32 - `mkoctfile`: Prefer parsing over passing on argument after unknown argument
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34 - `fft`: Avoid segmentation fault with ND-arrays (bug #64729).
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35 - `fft`: Avoid overwriting input for inplace operations (bug #64733).
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36 - `intersect.m`: Correct third output with `"stable"` flag (bug #60347).
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37 - Avoid use-after-free issue in parser (bug #60882).
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38 - `betainc.m`: Improve integer input logic and validation (bug #64726).
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39 - `webread`: Apply timeout also for initial connection (bug #64826).
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41 ### GUI
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46 - Ensure that new test for saving sparse matrices writes a text file.
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47 - Search for tests in and install octave-value template sources (bug #64696).
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51 - Correct variable name typo in documentation of `slice()`.
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52 - Expand documentation for `gcd()` and `lcm()`.
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53 - `datevec`: Clarify that heuristics are used to detect the format of a date
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54 string (bug #64563).
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55 - `datenum`: Add help text that inputs can be arrays, add examples
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58 - Describe various pitfalls with floating point ranges (bug #64692).
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59 - Add range example and some copyedits.
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67 - `undo_string_escapes`: Return `'\0'` for `NUL` byte input (bug #64051).
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69 - Include needed headers in installed `.cc` files (bug #63922).
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70 - Fix floating point exception when sparse array reshaped to `0x0` (bug
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72 - `unicode2native`: Fix conversion to UTF-16 (bug #64139).
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73 - `memory`: Fix execution on Cygwin.
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74 - `uniconv-wrappers`: Avoid freeing uninitialized pointer (bug #64182).
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75 - `lo-regexp.cc`: Only include PCRE2/PCRE headers if feature test succeeded
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76 (bug #64172).
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77 - Fix segfault when `saveobj()` used with old-style class files (bug #64220).
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78 - Fix restoring breakpoints from `dbstatus` breakpoint structure (bug #64271).
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79 - `colorbar.m`: Fix undefined variable `d` (bug #64287).
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80 - Reset all axes properties except `'Units'` and `'Position'` with
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81 `cla ('reset')`.
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82 - `unicode2native.m`: Restore support for one input parameter (bug #64331).
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83 - `native2unicode`, `unicode2native`: Support empty second argument (bug
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86 - `audioplayer.m`: Emit error if input data `Y` is empty (bug #64379).
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87 - Remove obsolete callback constructor code for `@audioplayer` and
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88 `@audiorecorder` (bug #64379).
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89 - Avoid false detection of "non-real pivot" in `ichol()` (bug #63785).
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90 - Fix building against SuiteSparse 7.1.0 when SPQR is disabled (bug #64446).
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91 - `ellipsoid.m`: Avoid returning geometry data unless it is explicitly
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92 requested to avoid overwriting `ans`.
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94 - `lex.ll`: Remove `$` as a valid character for identifiers.
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102 - `betaincinv.m`: Slightly increase test tolerance (for macOS 13).
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104 - `sparse-qr.cc`: Fix compatibility with SuiteSparse 7.1.0 / CXSparse 4.0.4.
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105 - `pcg.m`: Use eps tolerance in test for `ishermitian` (bug #63787).
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106 - `fileparts.m`: Overhaul BISTs.
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109 - Return documentation for `help properties` (bug #64067).
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110 - Add note to `isprime.m` on inputs over 2^64.
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113 Summary of bugs fixed for version 8.2.0 (2023-04-13):
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116 For (bug #XXXXX) see https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?XXXXX
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117
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118 ### Improvements and fixes
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119 - `pr-output.cc`: Fix output for `format native-bit` (bug #63940).
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120 - Fix evaluation of `&` and `|` expressions in conditional contexts (bug
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121 #63935).
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122 - Avoid clang warning about very unlikely buffer overflow.
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123 - `mpoles.m`: Overhaul function and use absolute tolerance for zero poles
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124 (bug #63937).
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125 - `perms.m`: Change `"unique"` output order to reverse lexicographic to
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126 match non-unique order (bug #63962).
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127 - Remove trailing `'\r'` from curl dir list (bug #63851).
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128 - `fopen`: Use "UTF-8" as default encoding for `fopen` (bug #63930).
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129 - Don't use encoding facet when writing bytes to stream (bug #63931).
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130 - `fopen`, `unicode2native`: Fix converting the encoding of short char
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131 arrays with invalid UTF-8 (bug #63930).
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132 - `fopen`: Try to gather complete UTF-8 surrogates when converting
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133 encoding (bug #63930).
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134 - Fix display of scalar complex variables with mixed `Inf`/`NaN` and
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135 floating point values (bug #63961).
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136 - `fopen`: Do not convert encoding for file streams with libc++
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137 (bug #63930).
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138
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139 ### GUI
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140 - Speedup loading and saving preferences dialog (bug #63909).
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141
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142 ### Build system / Tests
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143 - `inpolygon.m`: Fix demo code (bug #63865).
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144 - `if.tst`: New test for bug #63935.
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145 - `acinclude.m4`: Correct typo in `#define PCRE2_CODE_UNIT_WIDTH`.
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146 - `lu`: Add self-test with complex valued input.
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147 - Disable visibility flags by default (bug #61855, bug #63916).
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148 - Check whether using STL from LLVM or Apple (bug #63930).
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149
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150 ### Documentation
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151 - Improve documentation for `linspace` and `logspace` functions.
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152 - Correct and improve documentation for `sparse()` function.
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154
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155 Summary of important user-visible changes for version 8 (2023-03-07):
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156 --------------------------------------------------------------------
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158 ### General improvements
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160 - Octave's libraries are now built using symbol visibility by default.
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161 That means that fewer symbols are exported from these libraries.
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162 Configure with `--disable-lib-visibility-flags` to export all symbols
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163 (as in previous versions).
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164
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165 - `filter` is now 5X faster, which also speeds up `deconv`, `fftfilt`
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166 and `arma_rnd` by the same amount.
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167
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168 - `integral` can now return a second argument containing the error
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169 estimate from the underlying integrator.
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170
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171 - `perms` now accepts a second argument "unique" to return only unique
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172 permutations for inputs with repeated elements. It is faster and
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173 takes less memory to call `perms ('aaaabbbbcccc', "unique")` than to
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174 call `unique (perms ('aaaabbbbcccc'), "rows")`.
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175
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176 - `quadgk` can now accept the `ArrayValued` input parameter to handle
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177 array-valued input functions.
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178
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179 - `delaunayn` now has consistent trivial simplex checking and removal
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180 for all input dimensions, simplex checking 3D inputs is now
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181 vectorized, and >3D simplex checking performance has been improved.
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182 Simplexes points are now ordered so they will all have positive
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183 outward normal vectors. Input type checking has also been added for
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184 improved error handling.
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185
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186 - `factor` now factorizes all 64-bit integers in roughly the same time.
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187 Previously, the product of two large primes took much longer to factorize
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188 than highly composite inputs.
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189
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190 - `Refine` option is now implemented in functions `ode45`, `ode23`,
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191 and `ode23s`.
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192
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193 - Octave is now compatible with PCRE2 (UTF-8). PCRE2 is preferred over PCRE
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194 if both are installed. Configure with `--without-pcre2` if you prefer Octave
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195 to use PCRE in this case.
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196
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197 - `mean` now internally processes data as type double to reduce likelihood of
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198 hitting overflow or precision limits with other types (bug #63848).
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199
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200 ### Graphical User Interface
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201
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202 - The GUI has a dark style and several new icons in toolbars for better
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203 visibility and higher contrast.
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204
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205 - A new terminal widget has been added for the GUI. It is still experimental
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206 and is disabled by default. It can be enabled with the command line
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207 parameter `--experimental-terminal-widget`.
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208
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209 - More fonts for the documentation browser are included.
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210
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211 ### Graphics backend
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212
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213 - When printing, the option `-svgconvert` is now the default. If you want to
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214 use the more limited EPS-based tool chain (the former default)&mdash;e.g., if
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215 you encounter inaccurate image rendering&mdash;you can pass the `-nosvgconvert`
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216 option to the `print` function.
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217
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218 - Additional properties have been added to the `figure` graphics object:
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219 * `"innerposition"` (equivalent to `"position"`)
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220 * `"windowstate"` (not yet implemented)
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221
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222 - Legend now features a new property `"itemhitfcn"`, allowing the
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223 execution of a callback function when a legend item is clicked.
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224
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225 ### Matlab compatibility
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226
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227 - `inline` functions now support all Matlab methods. The performance
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228 of `inline` functions has also been improved.
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229
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230 - `sub2ind` now supports index values outside of the size specified by
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231 the subscripts.
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232
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233 - `cylinder` now accepts a scalar for the radius argument.
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234
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235 - `clock` now has an optional second output `ISDST` which indicates if
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239 and `-vector` to specify the "painters" renderer.
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241 - `format` now accepts the option "default", which is equivalent to
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242 calling `format` without any options to reset the default state.
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244 - `quadgk` now stops iterating when `error <= tolerance` while the previous
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247 - `mean` now accepts vector dimensions and options to handle `NaN` values.
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248 The option `"a"` (arithmetic mean), `"g"` (geometric mean), and `"h"`
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249 (harmonic mean) are no longer accepted, only the arithmetic mean is computed.
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250 For the geometric and harmonic mean, please use respective functions
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251 `geomean` and `harmmean` from the Octave Statistics package.
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253 - `var` and `std` now optionally output a second argument containing the mean
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254 or weighted mean.
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256 - `integral` can now accept the 'ArrayValued' option in combination with
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257 'RelTol' and 'WayPoints'.
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259 - File system operations that remove files (e.g., `unlink` or `rmdir`) now also
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260 remove files that have their read-only file attribute set on Windows.
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262 - The default state for certain graphics properties has been made
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263 consistent with Matlab.
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265 Object | Property | Default State
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266 ------------|------------------|------------
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267 figure | "dockcontrols" | "on"
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269 - `ode45`, `ode23`, and `ode23s` have improved results for options `Events`,
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270 `OutputFcn`, and `Refine`, along with corrected orientation of struct
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271 outputs.
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273 - *Early notice of future breaking changes*: Due to many user requests that
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274 Octave should have a Matlab-compatible string class, there is work under way
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275 to implement a string class that will differ from a vector of characters. In
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276 Octave, single-quoted character arrays are currently compatible with Matlab,
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277 but double-quoted forms are not. Currently in Octave, both 'foo' and "foo"
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278 are largely interchangeable, barring certain escape sequence interpretations
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279 such as "\n" (converted to a single newline character) as opposed to '\n'
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280 (two separate characters). Matlab’s single-quoted character arrays and
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281 double-quoted strings do not process backslash escape sequences, unlike many
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282 other languages, and those escape sequences are instead processed by
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283 individual functions such as `fprintf`.
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284
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285 Octave's behavior is likely to change in future as a consequence of
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286 implementing Matlab-style string syntax. For example, 'foo' will remain a
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287 three-element character vector, but "foo" will become a single-element string
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288 object. Some backslash escape sequences are likely to differ from their
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289 current Octave behavior, but will achieve greater Matlab compatibility. The
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290 exact implementation is a work in progress, and may or may not include
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291 methods of preserving backward compatibility.
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292
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293 *What this means for user code*: If your code currently relies on
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294 double-quoted strings (e.g., "foo") representing character vectors as
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295 opposed to string objects, and if you intend to update to a future version of
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296 Octave incorporating the above changes, then consider replacing all
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297 double-quoted strings with single-quoted strings in your code over time
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298 (e.g., replace "foo" with 'foo'). Single-quoted strings are expected to
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299 retain current behavior. Further, if your code relies on backslash escape
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300 sequence interpretation in double-quoted strings (except for special cases
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301 like the `printf` family), that code may need to change as well.
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303
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304 ### Alphabetical list of new functions added in Octave 8
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305
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306 * `clearAllMemoizedCaches`
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307 * `matlab.lang.MemoizedFunction`
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308 * `memoize`
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309 * `normalize`
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310 * `pagectranspose`
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311 * `pagetranspose`
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312 * `uifigure`
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313
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314 ### Deprecated functions, properties, and operators
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315
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316 The following functions and properties have been deprecated in Octave 8
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317 and will be removed from Octave 10 (or whatever version is the second
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318 major release after 8):
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319
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320 - Functions
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321
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322 Function | Replacement
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323 -----------------------|------------------
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324 shift | circshift
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325 sparse_auto_mutate | none (see below)
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326
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327 - The `sparse_auto_mutate` function no longer has any effect on Octave's
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328 behavior. Previously, after calling `sparse_auto_mutate (true)`,
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329 Octave would automatically convert sparse matrices to full when a
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330 sparse matrix required more memory than simply using full matrix
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331 storage. This setting was `false` by default for compatibility with
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332 Matlab. Now you must manually convert to full storage when desired.
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334 - Properties
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335
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336 The following property names are discouraged, but there is no fixed
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337 date for their removal.
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338
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339 Object | Property | Replacement
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340 -----------------|-------------|------------
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341 uimenu | label | text
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342 uimenu | callback | menuselectedfcn
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343
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344 The following functions were deprecated in Octave 6 and have been removed
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345 from Octave 8.
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346
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347 - Functions
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348
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349 Function | Replacement
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350 -------------|------------
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351 runtests | oruntests
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352
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353 - The environment variable used by `mkoctfile` for linker flags is now
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354 `LDFLAGS` rather than `LFLAGS`. `LFLAGS` was deprecated in Octave 6,
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355 and will be removed in a future version of Octave.
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356
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357 Summary of bugs fixed for version 8.1.0 (2023-01-22):
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358 ----------------------------------------------------
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359
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360 - Improved input validation and/or output handling for `poly`, `pinv`, `patch`,
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363 - Improved performance for `complex`, `fftw`, `delaunayn`, `isfield`, `tsearch`,
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364 sparse matrix exponentiation, other sparse operations, and many others.
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365 - Overhauled `@audiorecorder` and `@audioplayer` classes.
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370 - [Octave 6.x](etc/NEWS.6.md)
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371 - [Octave 5.x](etc/NEWS.5.md)
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372 - [Octave 4.x](etc/NEWS.4)
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373 - [Octave 3.x](etc/NEWS.3)
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374 - [Octave 2.x](etc/NEWS.2)
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375 - [Octave 1.x](etc/NEWS.1)