changeset 9589:8e42bb4ad34d

update NEWS
author Jaroslav Hajek <highegg@gmail.com>
date Sun, 30 Aug 2009 21:56:18 +0200
parents 319e2ab9b8ae
children b18a50c56144
files ChangeLog NEWS
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+2009-08-30  Jaroslav Hajek  <highegg@gmail.com>
+
+	* NEWS: Update.
+
 2009-08-27  John W. Eaton  <jwe@octave.org>
 
 	* configure.in: Properly save and restore CPPFLAGS and LIBS when
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    where matrix and scalar belong to the same class. The left-hand side must be
    a simple variable reference.
- 
+
+ ** The effect of comparison operators (<,>,<=,>=) when applied to complex numbers 
+    has changed to be consistent with the strict ordering defined by max, min and sort.
+    More specifically, complex numbers are compared by lexicographical comparison of
+    the pairs [abs(z), arg(z)]. Previously, only real parts were compared; this can be
+    trivially achieved by wrapping the operands in real().
 
 Summary of important user-visible changes for version 3.2:
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