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From: Praetorian <ashish.sadanandan@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Last drop in a user's patience
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On Nov 14, 7:36=A0pm, "Joaquim Luis" <jl...@--ualg--.pt> wrote:
> I have a many-many-MANY months*hours working time soft that works up till=
 R2008a.
> Now R2008b simply says things like this
>
> Warning: Calling MEX-file 'C:\SVN\mironeWC\lib_mex\set_gmt.dll'.
> MEX-files with .dll extensions will not execute in a future version of MA=
TLAB.
> Warning: Calling MEX-file 'C:\SVN\mironeWC\mexnc.dll'.
> MEX-files with .dll extensions will not execute in a future version of MA=
TLAB.
>
> and the program doesn't work anymore (no more or less, it just crashes).
> No future, just right now.
>
> ARE DLLs DEMONIC?
>
> SORRY BUT THAT WAS THE LAST DROP IN THE POOL (NOT THE GLASS).
> NO MORE PATIENCE TO THE TMW NOTION OF BACK/FORTH COMPATIBILITY
>
> I'M REALLY, BUT REALLY, PISSED OFF WITH TWM NOTION OF BACKWARD COMPATIBIL=
ITY
>
> I ALSO REMOVED ALL MY CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE FEX
>
> Joaquim Luis

AFAIK there is no difference between a .dll and a .mexw32, you can
rename your dlls to mexw32 and have them work. So the extension is not
the cause of your code crashing.

That being said, it is still very silly of TMW to issue that warning
over a file naming convention! I'm still using R2007b but it'd be very
annoying if I started seeing that warning every time I tried to load a
dll in a future version. Wonder if it does that even for dlls that do
not export the mexFunction interface i.e. dlls that are not mex files?