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author John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
date Wed, 15 Mar 2017 09:13:38 -0400
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1 Summary of important user-visible changes for version 4.4: 1 Summary of important user-visible changes for version 4.4 (yyyy-mm-dd):
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3 3
4 ** On systems with 64-bit pointers, --enable-64 is now the default and 4 ** On systems with 64-bit pointers, --enable-64 is now the default and
5 Octave always uses 64-bit indexing. However, if the configure 5 Octave always uses 64-bit indexing. However, if the configure
6 script determines that the BLAS library uses 32-bit integers, then 6 script determines that the BLAS library uses 32-bit integers, then
7 operations using the following libraries are limited to arrays with 7 operations using the following libraries are limited to arrays with
86 ** The rectangle and ellipse annotation property "edgecolor" has been 86 ** The rectangle and ellipse annotation property "edgecolor" has been
87 deprecated and will be removed from Octave 4.8 (or whatever version 87 deprecated and will be removed from Octave 4.8 (or whatever version
88 is the second major release after 4.4). Use the property "color" 88 is the second major release after 4.4). Use the property "color"
89 instead. 89 instead.
90 90
91 Summary of bugs fixed for version 4.2.1: 91 Summary of bugs fixed for version 4.2.1 (2017-02-22):
92 --------------------------------------- 92 ----------------------------------------------------
93 93
94 Using the bug numbers listed below, find bug reports on the web using 94 Using the bug numbers listed below, find bug reports on the web using
95 the URL https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?NNNNN 95 the URL https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?NNNNN
96 96
97 ** guarantee returning std::string from tilde_expand functions (bug #50234) 97 ** guarantee returning std::string from tilde_expand functions (bug #50234)
210 210
211 Other bugs fixed: 211 Other bugs fixed:
212 212
213 ** add missing classdef test files (bug #49819) 213 ** add missing classdef test files (bug #49819)
214 214
215 Summary of important user-visible changes for version 4.2: 215 Summary of important user-visible changes for version 4.2 (2016-11-13):
216 --------------------------------------------------------- 216 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
217 217
218 ** The parser has been extended to accept, but ignore, underscore 218 ** The parser has been extended to accept, but ignore, underscore
219 characters in numbers. This facilitates writing more legible code 219 characters in numbers. This facilitates writing more legible code
220 by using '_' as a thousands separator or to group nibbles into bytes 220 by using '_' as a thousands separator or to group nibbles into bytes
221 in hex constants. 221 in hex constants.
456 456
457 ** New configure option, --enable-address-sanitizer-flags, to build 457 ** New configure option, --enable-address-sanitizer-flags, to build
458 Octave with memory allocator checks (similar to those in valgrind) 458 Octave with memory allocator checks (similar to those in valgrind)
459 built in. 459 built in.
460 460
461 Summary of important user-visible changes for version 4.0: 461 Summary of important user-visible changes for version 4.0 (2015-05-23):
462 --------------------------------------------------------- 462 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
463 463
464 ** A graphical user interface is now the default when running Octave 464 ** A graphical user interface is now the default when running Octave
465 interactively. The start-up option --no-gui will run the familiar 465 interactively. The start-up option --no-gui will run the familiar
466 command line interface, and still allows use of the GUI dialogs and 466 command line interface, and still allows use of the GUI dialogs and
467 qt plotting toolkit. The option --no-gui-libs runs a minimalist 467 qt plotting toolkit. The option --no-gui-libs runs a minimalist