Update NEWS and docs for JuliaLang#5811

simonster · Feb 16, 2014 · bffa6c0 · bffa6c0
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@@ -84,6 +84,10 @@ Library improvements
 
     * `isempty` now works for any iterable collection ([#5827]).
 
+    * `unique` now accepts an optional `dim` argument for finding
+      unique rows or columns of a matrix or regions of a
+      multidimensional array ([#5811]).
+
   * `Number` improvements
 
     * The `ImaginaryUnit` type no longer exists. Instead, `im` is of type
@@ -241,6 +245,7 @@ Deprecated or removed
 [#5526]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/pull/5526
 [#5538]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/pull/5538
 [#5726]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/pull/5726
+[#5811]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/pull/5811
 
 Julia v0.2.0 Release Notes
 ==========================

diff --git a/doc/stdlib/base.rst b/doc/stdlib/base.rst
@@ -507,10 +507,11 @@ Iterable Collections
 
    Returns the indices of elements in collection ``a`` that appear in collection ``b``
 
-.. function:: unique(itr)
+.. function:: unique(itr[, dim])
 
    Returns an array containing only the unique elements of the iterable ``itr``, in
    the order that the first of each set of equivalent elements originally appears.
+   If ``dim`` is specified, returns unique regions of the array ``itr`` along ``dim``.
 
 .. function:: reduce(op, v0, itr)