## Copyright (C) 2014-2016 Olaf Till <i7tiol@t-online.de>
##
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## undocumented internal function

function parallel_local = __optimget_parallel_local__ (settings, default)

  min_version = "3.0.4";

  if ((parallel_local = optimget (settings, "parallel_local", default)))

    if (! exist ("__parallel_package_version__", "file") ||
        compare_versions (__parallel_package_version__ (),
                          min_version, "<"))

      parallel_local = false;

      warning ("optim:parallel_local",
               "option 'parallel_local=true' ignored, since no loaded parallel package of at least version %s found",
               min_version);

    endif

  endif

endfunction
