[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #59305] which() returns "built-in function" for user-defined class

[Ray Zimmerman]

URL:
  <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59305>

                 Summary: which() returns "built-in function" for user-defined
class
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: rdzman
            Submitted on: Mon 19 Oct 2020 05:15:49 PM UTC
                Category: Octave Function
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Matlab Compatibility
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: 
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             Open/Closed: Open
                 Release: 6.0.90
         Discussion Lock: Any
        Operating System: Mac OS

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Details:

Suppose I have a file named myclass.m with the following content:

classdef myclass < handle
end


On MATLAB, which('myclass') returns the path, but on Octave it returns
"built-in function".

MATLAB output:

>> obj = myclass

obj = 

  myclass with no properties.

>> which('myclass')
/my/path/myclass.m  % myclass constructor


Octave output:

octave:1> obj = myclass
obj =

  myclass object with properties:


octave:2> which('myclass')
'myclass' is a built-in function






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