Re: system command status/output order changed in 2.9.x

[Joshua Rigler]

John W. Eaton wrote:
> On 21-Sep-2006, Joshua Rigler wrote:
>
> | The output order of Octave's 'system' command seems to have changed 
> | since 2.1.x.  It used to be:
> | 
> |  > [output, status] = system(sys_cmd);
> | 
> | 
> | It is now (in 2.9.8):
> | 
> |  > [status, output] = system(sys_cmd);
> | 
> | 
> | It seems to me that this warrants a note in the new 'NEWS' file 
> | (distributed in the source code tar-ball or via CVS),
>
> OK, I will make a note of this as it is a relatively important and
> user-visible change.
>
> | along with all the other changes due in Octave 3.x,
>
> I don't think that is feasible at this point.

Sorry, I didn't mean to suggest that I expected "all the other changes 
due in Octave 3.x" to be listed in the 'NEWS' file (yes, I realize that 
is what I wrote ;^).  I meant my minor note should be listed along-side 
all the changes that had already been included in the new 'NEWS' file. 
My bad.

-EJR