[Octave-cvsupdate] SF.net SVN: octave:[10154] trunk/octave-forge/main/optim

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Revision: 10154
          http://octave.svn.sourceforge.net/octave/?rev=10154&view=rev
Author:   carandraug
Date:     2012-04-05 21:45:17 +0000 (Thu, 05 Apr 2012)
Log Message:
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fmin: deprecating in favour of fminbnd

Modified Paths:
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    trunk/octave-forge/main/optim/NEWS
    trunk/octave-forge/main/optim/inst/fmin.m

Modified: trunk/octave-forge/main/optim/NEWS
===================================================================
--- trunk/octave-forge/main/optim/NEWS	2012-04-05 19:26:23 UTC (rev 10153)
+++ trunk/octave-forge/main/optim/NEWS	2012-04-05 21:45:17 UTC (rev 10154)
@@ -10,6 +10,13 @@
 
       fminunc_compat  optimset_compat
 
+ ** The function `fmin' has been deprecated in favour of using `fminbnd'
+    directly. If one really wishes to use the short version, one can
+    easily create an alias on an octaverc file (see `doc startup') with
+    the following code
+
+      function out=fmin(varargin) out=fminbnd(varargin{:}); endfunction
+
  ** The package Makefile has been adapted for compatibility with Octave 3.6.0.
 
  ** Bugfixes on the functions:

Modified: trunk/octave-forge/main/optim/inst/fmin.m
===================================================================
--- trunk/octave-forge/main/optim/inst/fmin.m	2012-04-05 19:26:23 UTC (rev 10153)
+++ trunk/octave-forge/main/optim/inst/fmin.m	2012-04-05 21:45:17 UTC (rev 10154)
@@ -15,6 +15,13 @@
 
 function ret=fmin(varargin)
 
+  persistent warned = false;
+  if (! warned)
+    warned = true;
+    warning ("Octave:deprecated-function",
+             "`fmin' has been deprecated, and will be removed in the future. Use `fminbnd' directly instead.");
+  endif
+
   ## alias for fminbnd
   ret = fminbnd(varargin{:});
 

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