<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252">Good catch, the release notes are not very clear :)<div><br></div><div>There *is* some basic documentation, however, in the change log (accessible from "edit SCI/CHANGES_6.0.X" for example). Pasting them:</div><div><br></div><div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 9px; font-family: Menlo;">New Features</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 9px; font-family: Menlo;">============</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 9px; font-family: Menlo; min-height: 10px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 9px; font-family: Menlo;">* Scilab now includes a full-featured debugger, with ability to run Scilab scripts or functions step-by-step, to put (conditional) breakpoint, in particular break only when an exception is set. Run <span style="color: #af3782">"help debug"</span> for more information.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 9px; font-family: Menlo; min-height: 10px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 9px; font-family: Menlo;">* A new profiler and coverage tool has been added.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 9px; font-family: Menlo;"> It replaces the <span style="color: #af3782">"profile"</span> function (which is still there but not working, and will be removed in the final release)<span style="color: #7c7ca6"><b>.</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 9px; font-family: Menlo;"> It produces HTML report for the time spent (profile) on each line. Example of use:</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 9px; font-family: Menlo; min-height: 10px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 9px; font-family: Menlo;"> covStart(isempty) // instruments the <span style="color: #af3782">"isempty"</span> macro; instrumenting a whole library can be done with: covStart(<span style="color: #af3782">"elementary_functions"</span>)</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 9px; font-family: Menlo;"> for i=1:1e5; isempty(i); end // execute some code - this will be profiled</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 9px; font-family: Menlo;"> covWrite(<span style="color: #af3782">"html"</span>, <span style="color: #af3782">"TMPDIR/coverage"</span>) // write the profiling/coverage report as <span style="color: #af3782">"report.html"</span> in the folder specified as second parameter</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 9px; font-family: Menlo;"> covStop(); // stop the profiling</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 9px; font-family: Menlo; min-height: 10px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 9px; font-family: Menlo;"> A function to merge multiple profiler/coverage is provided too: covMerge([ list_of_files_to_merge], file_to_merge_to)<span style="color: #7c7ca6"><b>.</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 9px; font-family: Menlo;"> The API will change before the release; the current API is mostly to get feedback from the community.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 9px; font-family: Menlo; min-height: 10px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 9px; font-family: Menlo;">* A <span style="color: #af3782">"lint"</span>-like command, slint, has been added, for code static analysis: it detects unclear, risky or suspicious code.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 9px; font-family: Menlo;"> Usage: slint(<span style="color: #af3782">"<sci filename>"</span>)<span style="color: #7c7ca6"><b>.</b></span> It is not documented yet.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 9px; font-family: Menlo; min-height: 10px;"><br></div><div><br></div><div>We didn't want to advertise it too much, as we may changes these functions before the release...</div><div><br></div><div>François Granade</div><div><br><div><div>On Dec 1, 2015, at 11:23 AM, antoine.monmayrant+scilab [via Scilab / Xcos - Mailing Lists Archives] <<a href="/user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=4033146&i=0" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external">[hidden email]</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote style='border-left:2px solid #CCCCCC;padding:0 1em' type="cite">
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• A new profiler and coverage tool has been added. It replaces the
"profile" function (which is still there but not working, and will
be removed in the final release). It produces HTML report for the
time spent (profile) on each line. It is not documented yet; the
names of the functions are not finalized, but feedback is welcome
on the usability."<br>
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OK, let me rephrase that: we have introduced a new profiler, it
does not appear in the documentation and we won't give you the
name of the functions but please give use some feedback on the
usability.<br>
Here is my feedback on the usability: "none" as I don't know which
function to try and play with ;-)<br>
Idem for the "lint-like" code analyser.<br>
Could you provide us with the names of these new functions?<br>
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Cheers,<br>
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Dear Scilab users,<br>
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We're happy to announce the recent release of the second alpha of
Scilab 6.0.0, the next major release of Scilab.<br>
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As an alpha, it is not yet ready for production usage. If you are
new to Scilab, or only a casual user, you should probably continue
using the 5.5.2 release, and wait for a beta version before trying
the 6 family.<br>
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However, if you maintain tools developed on Scilab, or rely on
Scilab for your own developments, it is the right moment to look
at it, in particular to evaluate the upgrade of toolboxes you have
developed.<br>
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