MATLAB Compiler Release Notes

Chapter 1
MATLAB Compiler 3.0 Release Notes

New Features

This section summarizes the new features and enhancements introduced in the MATLAB Compiler 3.0.

Note    The MATLAB Compiler 2.3 was made available in Web-downloadable form after Release 12.1. These Release Notes include information about features added in Version 2.3, as well as Version 3.0 (i.e., since Release 12.1).

If you are upgrading from a release earlier than Release 12.1, then you should see New Features in the MATLAB Compiler 2.1 Release Notes.

MATLAB Compiler 3.0

• The MATLAB Compiler includes the MATLAB C/C++ Math and Graphics Libraries. The libraries are no longer supported as separate products.
• A new optimization, speculate, is available. It improves the performance whenever the run-time types of variables match what is expected. It allows the Compiler to achieve similar performance to the new accelerator technology in MATLAB. See Performance Acceleration in the MATLAB documentation for more information. For more information about this optimization, see Optimizing Performance in the MATLAB Compiler documentation.
• The MATLAB Compiler allows you to create COM components from MATLAB M-files. For more information, see Building COM Objects in the MATLAB Compiler documentation. To create these components from the MATLAB Compiler, you must have the MATLAB COM Builder product installed on your system. To learn more about the MATLAB COM Builder, see its documentation.

MATLAB Compiler 2.3

MATLAB Compiler 2.3 allows you to create Microsoft Excel components from MATLAB M-files. This Windows-only feature translates a collection of M-files into a single Microsoft Excel add-in. Both C and C++ code generation are supported.

To support the creation of these components, the following Compiler options have been added or enhanced:

• The bundle option (-B) has been enhanced so that you can include replacement parameters for Compiler options that accept names and version numbers and they will be expanded properly.
• The new option, -b, causes the Compiler to generate a Visual Basic (.bas) file that contains the Microsoft Excel Formula Function interface to a Compiler-generated COM object.
• The new option, -i, causes the Compiler to include only the M-files that are specified on the command line as exported interfaces.

Note    To create Microsoft Excel components with the MATLAB Compiler, you must have the MATLAB Excel Builder product installed on your system. To learn more about the MATLAB Excel Builder, see its documentation.

MATLAB Compiler Release Notes

Upgrading from an Earlier Release