[Scilab-users] xdel replaced by close()

[Claus Futtrup]

Hi Scilabers

Today I tried to replace xdel(winsid()) in one of my scripts with 
close(winsid()) because Scilab shows a warning in the console:

Warning: Feature xdel(...) is obsolete and will be permanently removed 
in Scilab 6.2

Warning: Please use close(...) instead.

I am negatively surprised that the close() command takes a long time to 
execute with 5-10 windows open (a few seconds per window). The xdel() 
command can do it in a split second.

What is the motivation for replacing xdel with close?

Are there any plans to speed up the close() function?

Best regards,

Claus