MATLAB-Versions.md

@@ -2,6 +2,53 @@ This page lists changes introduced in MATLAB versions that are the most
 relevant to Dynare development. This information mostly comes from the [MATLAB
 Release Notes](https://fr.mathworks.com/help/matlab/release-notes.html).
 
+# MATLAB 24.2 (R2024b)
+
+- New [package manager](https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_prog/use-the-matlab-package-manager-to-organize-and-distribute-code.html)
+- New `isapprox` function for determining approximate equality of elements in two arrays
+- New `RegularizationFactor` name-value argument to the `lsqminnorm` function,
+  for Tikhonov regularization to the least-squares solution
+- Many I/O functions can now directly read data online using an HTTP/HTTPS URL,
+  notably:
+  + `isfile`, `dir`, `copyfile`, and `exist`
+  + `fopen`, `fread`, `fgets`, `fgetl`, `feof`, `fclose`, `ferror`, `fseek`, `ftell`, `fscanf`,
+    `frewind`, and `fileread`
+  + `h5disp`, `h5info`, `h5read`, `h5readatt`, `H5F.open`, and `H5F.is_hdf5`
+- Dictionaries in JSON files can now be read and written using the
+  `readdictionary` and `writedictionary` functions
+- Symbolic links support
+  + new `createSymbolicLink` and `isSymbolicLink` functions
+  + new `ResolveSymbolicLinks` name-value argument with the `delete` and
+    `rmdir` functions
+  + new `CopyLinkBehavior` name-value argument with the `copyfile` function
+  + new `MoveLinkBehavior` name-value argument with the `movefile` function
+- When reading spreadsheet files, the behavior for merged cells can now be
+  controlled using new `MergedCellColumnRule` and `MergedCellRowRule`
+  name-value arguments of `readtable`, `readtimetable`, `readmatrix`,
+  `readcell`, `readvars` and `detectImportOptions`
+- The `zip` and `unzip` functions now support password-encrypted files
+- The `sftp` function now accepts a timeout value and supports passphrases and
+  certificates
+- The `summary` function now works on array data, including `numeric`, `logical`,
+  `datetime`, `duration`, and `calendarDuration` types
+- The `isbetween` function now works on numeric, nonnumeric, or tabular input data
+- The `rmmissing` and `rmoutliers` functions now accept an argument for
+  defining the location of missing entries or outliers using array or table
+- The `table` and `timetable` data types now have a `VariableTypes` property
+  for specifying the data types of their variables
+- New `violinplot` function for creating violin plots for grouped numeric data
+- New `compassplot` function to plot one or more sets of arrows originating
+  from the origin in polar coordinates
+- New `constantplane` function to create infinite planes for highlighting
+  regions of interest in 3-D plots
+- New `IconColumnWidth` property of a `Legend` object for controlling the width
+  of the legend icons and the width of the legend box
+- New `Labels` and `LabelLocation` properties of a `Bar` object for adding
+  labels to ends of bars in bar charts
+- The `tiledlayout` can now be called without dimensions or tile arrangement
+  argument
+- The MAT-file version can now be specified with the `savefig` function
+
 # MATLAB 24.1 (R2024a)
 
 - Local functions can now be defined anywhere in scripts