Can the matlab bar function handle negetive values now?

I want to plot the negetive values in a stacked bar graph in the negetive direction. I became aware that the 'bar' function cannot handle negetive values while plotting a stacked bar like answered in https://de.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/97899-can-the-bar-and-barh-functions-in-matlab-7-0-1-r14sp1-handle-negative-values-when-plotting-a-stack

I want to know if there is a beter way to do it now than a crude hack mentioned in the above link