Re: Default merged to stable for upcoming 4.2 release

[Jacopo Corno]

On 05/10/2016 18:34, c. wrote:
> On 5 Oct 2016, at 17:42, Jacopo Corno <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> > Dear all,
> >
> > While fixing some compatibility issues for the release of odepkg I realized 
> > there is a minor bug in the core private functions, namely the function 
> > arguments are not passed for the first step.
> >
> > I attach a patch to fix the problem. Can this go in the release or is it too 
> > late?
> >
> > I'll keep working on the package to make it ready ASAP.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Jack
> Hi Jacopo,
>
> Does Matlab still support additional function parameters?
>
> I think this is an heritage of a now deprecated way to invoke the solvers,
> the matlab documentation now recomends using anonymous functions to capture
> additional parameters ...
Yes you are correct. Matlab uses anonymous functions.
> Would it be difficult to get rid of additional function arguments alltogether?
Oone would need to delete all the references to options.funarguments in 
the solvers and the steppers.

> If not I think it's OK to apply this patch to stable ...
I don't have a strong preference. If we decide to go this way I could 
prepare a patch that goes in the other direction and then fix the 
solvers and the testsuite accordingly...

Jack
> c.

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