# HG changeset patch
# User Arun Giridhar <arungiridhar@gmail.com>
# Date 1715005563 14400
# Node ID e17dbda5f34fad1b72b533e0e7beadd5ff16f2bf
# Parent  e89b2f30867d86eb1c2ae4118cbded8bbdea3ceb# Parent  9bfc3c313ec449cde7367e812dbcd6eef7cd4391
maint: Merge default to bytecode-interpreter

diff -r e89b2f30867d -r e17dbda5f34f etc/NEWS.10.md
--- a/etc/NEWS.10.md	Sun May 05 18:12:44 2024 -0400
+++ b/etc/NEWS.10.md	Mon May 06 10:26:03 2024 -0400
@@ -61,11 +61,14 @@
 
 - `rat` now accepts complex inputs.
 
+- The optional second input argument of `system`, denoting whether to return
+the output as a variable, is now required to be a boolean value if used.
+
 - Octave functions whose Matlab equivalents give errors when passed non-integer
-values as sizes or dimensions now also give similar errors.
-E.g., `cell (e, pi)` now gives an error in Octave about requiring integer
-sizes for the cell array, matching Matlab behavior.
-Previously, Octave's conversion from non-integers to integers was more lenient.
+values as sizes or dimensions now also give similar errors. For example,
+`cell (e, pi)` now gives an error in Octave about requiring integer sizes
+for the cell array, matching Matlab behavior.  Previously, Octave's conversion
+from non-integers to integers was more lenient.
 
 ### Alphabetical list of new functions added in Octave 10