GNU Octave version feature highlights

January 10, 2022

GNU Octave prerelease binaries give the latest features. The NEWS file shows significant feature highlights that are easier to discern than the Changelog.

The Tablicious package gives GNU Octave support for newer Matlab classes including:

• string akin to Python strings
• datetime akin to Python datetime

Octave 7 passes through Matlab arguments validation syntax but does not process the syntax for type casting or checking.

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Future improvements to Octave may include:

• function(name=value) R2021a syntax