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Version 7.6
Released: 01 Mar 2008


Version 7.6, part of R2008a, offers a broad range of improvements in the following areas, including a major update to object-oriented programming capabilities.
Language and Programming

Watch a video - Object Oriented Programming (11 min, 11 sec)
Watch a video - Other Language and Programming (4 min, 56 sec)

    * Major enhancements to object-oriented programming capabilities allowing easier development and maintenance of large applications and data structures. Many new features, including:
          o New classdef keyword enabling you to define properties, methods, and events in a class definition file
          o New handle class with reference behavior, aiding the creation of data structures such as linked lists
          o Events and listeners allowing the monitoring of object property changes and actions
          o JIT/Accelerator support providing significantly improved object performance over previous releases
          o Several enhancements to the development environment to support developing and using classes including improved support for objects in the variable editor and M-lint warnings specific to classes
    * Ability to manage namespace by placing classes and functions in packages
    * New clearvars function for clearing or keeping specified variables
    * New onCleanup function to specify any cleanup tasks that need to be performed by MATLAB when a function completes

Development Environment

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    * Ability to customize and rearrange the MATLAB Desktop and Editor toolbars
    * Expanded code-folding support in the Editor, providing the ability to collapse cells and language constructs (including for, if, switch, and more)
    * Enhanced inspection of structures and objects with the Variable Editor, previously known as the Array Editor
    * File comparison tool expanded to allow comparison of directories, MAT-files and binary files
    * Several enhancements to automatic M-file publishing, including support for functions and the ability to define configurations on a per-file basis
    * M-Lint code checker support for Embedded MATLAB™ features

Mathematics

    * Ability to insert custom FFTW and LAPACK libraries
    * New algorithms for ldl, logm, and funm based on recent numerical methods Research

Graphics and GUI Building

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    * Ability to link plots to workspace variables, synchronizing displays of changing data
    * Support for "brushing" (interactively selecting) data in plots for analysis and manipulation
    * Brushed variables in one plot also will highlight in other plots linked to the same workspace data
    * New control uitable, accessible from GUIDE, enabling the display and editing of tabular information in graphical user interfaces

File I/O and External Interfacing

    * MEX support for Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2008, OpenWATCOM 1.7, and Intel® FORTRAN 10.1 software
    * mmreader multimedia reader expanded to support QuickTime video on the Apple® Macintosh® platform (previously released on Microsoft® Windows® platforms)

Performance and Large Data Set Handling

    * New memory function providing memory information such as largest block available, providing diagnostics of memory problems on Windows platforms
    * JIT/Accelerator support enhanced to statements executed at the MATLAB command line and in cell mode in the editor, providing improved performance in these environments
    * Automatic multithreaded computation providing improved performance of supported functions on computers with multiple processors
    * Significant speed improvement in multiplication of sparse matrices