# HG changeset patch
# User Jaroslav Hajek <highegg@gmail.com>
# Date 1265783600 -3600
# Node ID c1246f17119eee49eb0103b00d018d23cf616263
# Parent  fc879f361bdab5b13bb278360c78db705c529969
update NEWS

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2010-02-10  Jaroslav Hajek  <highegg@gmail.com>
+
+	* NEWS: Update.
+
 2010-02-08  John W. Eaton  <jwe@octave.org>
 
 	* bootstrap.conf (gnulib_modules): Include progname in the list.
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -61,10 +61,11 @@
  ** The behavior of library functions `ismatrix', `issquare', and
     `issymmetric' has been changed for better consistency.
     
-    * The `ismatrix' function now returns true for all numeric and
-      logical 2d or Nd matrices.  Previously, `ismatrix' returned false
-      if the first or second dimension was zero.  Hence, `ismatrix ([])'
-      was false, while `ismatrix (zeros (1,2,0))' was true.
+    * The `ismatrix' function now returns true for all numeric,
+      logical and character 2d or Nd matrices.  Previously, `ismatrix' 
+      returned false if the first or second dimension was zero.
+      Hence, `ismatrix ([])' was false, 
+      while `ismatrix (zeros (1,2,0))' was true.
 
     * The `issquare' function now returns a logical scalar, and is
       equivalent to the expression
@@ -218,6 +219,9 @@
  ** The accumarray function has been optimized and is now significantly faster 
     in certain important cases.
 
+ ** The behavior of isreal and isnumeric functions was changed to be more
+    Matlab-compatible.
+
 Summary of important user-visible changes for version 3.2:
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