On Tue, Nov 01, 2011 at 12:40:09PM +0000, Carnë Draug wrote: > On 1 November 2011 10:51, Olaf Till <olaf.t...@uni-jena.de> wrote: > > I would like to remove optimset_compat of package optim, since Octave > > since before version 3.4 has optimset. Also, optimset_compat is not > > used within the optim package, except that it is tested by a > > testscript. > > > > BTW, it would be nice if someone could decide on whether > > fminunc_compat is still needed. fminunc is now also in > > Octave. fminunc_compat does not itself do optimization, but calls > > other functions, which could be called directly. But I don't know if > > using fminunc_compat could still be desirable in some cases. > > Hi, > > I don't know anything about the function, but does it do anything that > octave's fminunc doesn't? > > Carnë
I can't easily say. It is obviously there to provide an fminunc-like interface to 'minimize', which itself seems to be a wrapper for several backends. I think fminunc reaches always the same backend, but it would take me much time to be sure with the used system of options. Olaf ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ RSA® Conference 2012 Save $700 by Nov 18 Register now http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsa-sfdev2dev1 _______________________________________________ Octave-dev mailing list Octave-dev@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/octave-dev
