Hi Sir,
I am new to octave contribution community. I have gone through the bug section and there are some that I think I can solve. But I am finding it difficult to get the exact locations where functions are defined. For e.g. bug
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?57870. Where do I find the mod() function?
Thanks for coming on board! A few things:
to answer your immediate question: you can find the location of any function within the Octave installation using 'which'.
>> which mod
'mod' is a built-in function from the file libinterp/corefcn/data.cc
This tells you that mod is a compiled function. to work on the bug you'll need to be comfortable working in C++, and you'll have to work on the source code directly. (many other functions are written directly in m-code which can be more accessible for some people familiar with Matlab/Octave but not 'real programming'.) that leads to the following question:
Are you set up to work with the Octave source code? We manage it using a Mercurial version control software, and is the best way to work on the latest version of code and prepare patches for inclusion.
You can find instructions on getting started here: