MATLAB Compiler Release Notes

Third Party Compilers

This version of the MATLAB Compiler supports the following PC compilers as they are shipped:

• MSVC C/C++ 5.0, and 6.0
• Borland C++ 5.0, 5.02
• Borland C++Builder 3, 4, 5
• Borland C++ 5.5 (free command line tools)
• LCC (C only compiler, bundled with MATLAB)

Note    When installing MSVC 6.0, if you need to change where this compiler is installed, you must change the location of the Common directory (at the appropriate installer dialog.) If you change the location of the VC98 directory from its default setting, the MEX and MBUILD scripts will not work properly.

Exception Handling

When using C++, the MATLAB Compiler relies on the availability of exception handling in the C++ language. Several of the supported compilers do not properly support C++ exception handling. Consequently, our support for exception handling is limited on those platforms.

GNU C++

GNU C++ 2.7.2 does not support C++ exception handling.

Borland

Borland C++ (all versions) has a restriction on support of goto statements within try/catch blocks. The MATLAB Compiler sometimes generates goto statements for complicated if conditional statements. The generated code for these will not compile in Borland C++; as a result you will be required to simplify the if condition.

Note    The -A debugline option is implemented using try/catch statements. Therefore, use of this option is also restricted in the above C++ implementation.

MATLAB Compiler 2.1 Release Notes