Hi,
> On 02/13/2015 09:00 AM, address@hidden wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 11:52:15PM +0000, Carnë Draug wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> the ismatrix function in Octave will change for the new version 4.0.
>> Currently, this function returns true if it is a numeric, logical, or
>> character array with any number of dimensions. The new version will
>> return true if the object has two dimensions even if it is a cell or
>> struct array.
>>
>> WARNING: ismatrix() will return true for a struct and false for
>> ND numeric arrays.
>>
>> I quickly grepped Octave Forge for ismatrix and it is used in most of the
>> packages. Would be nice if this is fixed in the packages
> Done for optim and parallel,
>> and there were
>> new released of them before Octave 4.0.
> but no new releases yet. Is now already a good time to finally check
> packages for Octave 4.0 compatibility? Or should we take the time when
> Octaves test tarballs are out?
> You are better off to wait until the 4.0 test tarballs arrive. I can't
say, but there > might be further changes.
> --Rik
Is it possible to build a directory for Octave 4.0 packages, and change
accordingly
the urls in get_forge_pkg.m? It will enable testing the packages with the
dev version, and fixing them if needed.
Avinoam