Deprecate Array::length() and Sparse::length() in favour of ::numel(). * liboctave/array/Array.h (Array::length): deprecate for ::numel. * liboctave/array/Sparse.h (Sparse::length): deprecate for ::numel. * libgui/graphics/QtHandlesUtils.cc, libgui/src/octave-qt-link.cc, libinterp/corefcn/Cell.cc, libinterp/corefcn/__contourc__.cc, libinterp/corefcn/__pchip_deriv__.cc, libinterp/corefcn/__qp__.cc, libinterp/corefcn/cellfun.cc, libinterp/corefcn/daspk.cc, libinterp/corefcn/dasrt.cc, libinterp/corefcn/dassl.cc, libinterp/corefcn/data.cc, libinterp/corefcn/filter.cc, libinterp/corefcn/find.cc, libinterp/corefcn/gl-render.cc, libinterp/corefcn/gl-render.h, libinterp/corefcn/graphics.cc, libinterp/corefcn/graphics.in.h, libinterp/corefcn/help.cc, libinterp/corefcn/hex2num.cc, libinterp/corefcn/input.cc, libinterp/corefcn/load-path.cc, libinterp/corefcn/load-save.cc, libinterp/corefcn/ls-oct-ascii.h, libinterp/corefcn/lsode.cc, libinterp/corefcn/matrix_type.cc, libinterp/corefcn/oct-hist.cc, libinterp/corefcn/oct-map.cc, libinterp/corefcn/oct-map.h, libinterp/corefcn/oct-obj.h, libinterp/corefcn/oct-stream.cc, libinterp/corefcn/oct-stream.h, libinterp/corefcn/pr-output.cc, libinterp/corefcn/quadcc.cc, libinterp/corefcn/rand.cc, libinterp/corefcn/regexp.cc, libinterp/corefcn/strfns.cc, libinterp/corefcn/sub2ind.cc, libinterp/corefcn/symtab.h, libinterp/corefcn/syscalls.cc, libinterp/corefcn/tsearch.cc, libinterp/corefcn/urlwrite.cc, libinterp/corefcn/utils.cc, libinterp/corefcn/variables.cc, libinterp/corefcn/xdiv.cc, libinterp/corefcn/xpow.cc, libinterp/dldfcn/__glpk__.cc, libinterp/dldfcn/__init_fltk__.cc, libinterp/dldfcn/__magick_read__.cc, libinterp/dldfcn/audiodevinfo.cc, libinterp/dldfcn/ccolamd.cc, libinterp/dldfcn/colamd.cc, libinterp/octave-value/ov-cell.cc, libinterp/octave-value/ov-class.cc, libinterp/octave-value/ov-class.h, libinterp/octave-value/ov-fcn-inline.cc, libinterp/octave-value/ov-java.cc, libinterp/octave-value/ov-perm.cc, libinterp/octave-value/ov-struct.cc, libinterp/octave-value/ov-typeinfo.cc, libinterp/octave-value/ov.cc, libinterp/operators/op-int.h, libinterp/parse-tree/pt-pr-code.cc, liboctave/array/Array-util.cc, liboctave/array/Array.cc, liboctave/array/CColVector.cc, liboctave/array/CDiagMatrix.cc, liboctave/array/CMatrix.cc, liboctave/array/CRowVector.cc, liboctave/array/DiagArray2.cc, liboctave/array/DiagArray2.h, liboctave/array/MArray.cc, liboctave/array/PermMatrix.cc, liboctave/array/PermMatrix.h, liboctave/array/Sparse.cc, liboctave/array/boolMatrix.cc, liboctave/array/chMatrix.cc, liboctave/array/chNDArray.cc, liboctave/array/dColVector.cc, liboctave/array/dDiagMatrix.cc, liboctave/array/dMatrix.cc, liboctave/array/dRowVector.cc, liboctave/array/fCColVector.cc, liboctave/array/fCDiagMatrix.cc, liboctave/array/fCMatrix.cc, liboctave/array/fCRowVector.cc, liboctave/array/fColVector.cc, liboctave/array/fDiagMatrix.cc, liboctave/array/fMatrix.cc, liboctave/array/fRowVector.cc, liboctave/array/idx-vector.cc, liboctave/array/intNDArray.cc, liboctave/numeric/CmplxCHOL.cc, liboctave/numeric/CmplxLU.cc, liboctave/numeric/CmplxQR.cc, liboctave/numeric/DASPK.cc, liboctave/numeric/DASRT.cc, liboctave/numeric/DASSL.cc, liboctave/numeric/LSODE.cc, liboctave/numeric/ODES.cc, liboctave/numeric/ODES.h, liboctave/numeric/base-dae.h, liboctave/numeric/base-lu.cc, liboctave/numeric/dbleCHOL.cc, liboctave/numeric/dbleLU.cc, liboctave/numeric/dbleQR.cc, liboctave/numeric/eigs-base.cc, liboctave/numeric/fCmplxCHOL.cc, liboctave/numeric/fCmplxLU.cc, liboctave/numeric/fCmplxQR.cc, liboctave/numeric/floatCHOL.cc, liboctave/numeric/floatLU.cc, liboctave/numeric/floatQR.cc, liboctave/numeric/lo-specfun.cc, liboctave/numeric/oct-rand.cc, liboctave/numeric/oct-spparms.cc, liboctave/numeric/sparse-base-chol.cc, liboctave/operators/mx-inlines.cc, liboctave/system/file-ops.cc, liboctave/util/glob-match.h, liboctave/util/kpse.cc, liboctave/util/lo-regexp.cc, liboctave/util/oct-glob.cc, liboctave/util/pathsearch.cc, liboctave/util/str-vec.cc, liboctave/util/str-vec.h, liboctave/util/url-transfer.cc: replace all usage of Array::length() and Sparse::length() with ::numel().

--- a/liboctave/array/Array.h
+++ b/liboctave/array/Array.h
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
 
     ~ArrayRep (void) { delete [] data; }
 
-    octave_idx_type length (void) const { return len; }
+    octave_idx_type numel (void) const { return len; }
 
   private:
 
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@
   template <class U>
   Array (const Array<U>& a)
     : dimensions (a.dims ()),
-      rep (new typename Array<T>::ArrayRep (a.data (), a.length ())),
+      rep (new typename Array<T>::ArrayRep (a.data (), a.numel ())),
       slice_data (rep->data), slice_len (rep->len)
   { }
 
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@
       length of the greatest dimension.  This method returns the total
       number of elements.
    */
-  octave_idx_type length (void) const { return numel (); }
+  GCC_ATTR_DEPRECATED octave_idx_type length (void) const { return numel (); }
 
   //! Number of elements in the array.
   //! Synonymous with numel().
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@
 
   octave_idx_type compute_index_unchecked (const Array<octave_idx_type>& ra_idx)
   const
-  { return dimensions.compute_index (ra_idx.data (), ra_idx.length ()); }
+  { return dimensions.compute_index (ra_idx.data (), ra_idx.numel ()); }
 
   // No checking, even for multiple references, ever.
 
@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@
   Array<U>
   map (F fcn) const
   {
-    octave_idx_type len = length ();
+    octave_idx_type len = numel ();
 
     const T *m = data ();
 
@@ -703,7 +703,7 @@
   template <class F, bool zero>
   bool test (F fcn) const
   {
-    return any_all_test<F, T, zero> (fcn, data (), length ());
+    return any_all_test<F, T, zero> (fcn, data (), numel ());
   }
 
   //@{