# HG changeset patch
# User Rik <rik@octave.org>
# Date 1473476417 25200
# Node ID b0caa61934fe63706442964db7952fe6d4aa4734
# Parent  6af82fc041a41c914d2aaf57c19c6fdb5ba0275a
NEWS: Document mxAssert and mxAssertS additions.

diff -r 6af82fc041a4 -r b0caa61934fe NEWS
--- a/NEWS	Fri Sep 09 19:40:22 2016 -0700
+++ b/NEWS	Fri Sep 09 20:00:17 2016 -0700
@@ -142,6 +142,11 @@
     instead will return execution to the MEX function for error
     handling.
 
+ ** The functions mxAssert and mxAssertS for checking assertions have
+    been added.  In order to avoid a performance penalty they are only
+    compiled in to debug versions of a MEX file, i.e., that are produced
+    when the '-g' option is given to mex() or mkoctfile().
+
  ** Other new MEX API functions include mexEvalStringWithTrap.
 
  ** Other new functions added in 4.2: