median no longer support uint8

In matlab 2012a, why the median function doesn't support any more data types other than single or double?

2010b:

 median(uint8([1 2 3]))
 ans =
     2

2012a:

 median(uint8([1 2 3]))
 Error using median (line 28)
 First input must be single or double.

After all, median is defined for any data type...

Answer 1

[Image Analyst]

The simple fix/workaround is

output = median(single(yourUint8Data));

If that's going to be a problem for you then put in a feature request with the Mathworks.