scipy/scipy — pull request #2704 by matthew-brett (2013-08-08 08:17:20+00:00)
Title: WIP: acting on pendng matlab io deprecations

No longer look on python sys.path for .mat files.

Passing a 3D or greater array to Matlab 4 file savemat raises an error

1D vector saved into Matlab 5 format file is a row vector by default,
rather than a column vector.