Incorrect value for mod(uint32(5), 2)

[David Bateman]

Gregery T Buzzard wrote:
> Due to the fact that uint32(5)/2 gives 3 for compatibility for matlab
> and the use of division in the mod.m file, mod(uint32(5),2) gives 0
> when it should give 1.
>
> A simple patch is to replace
>
> x - y .* floor (x ./ y);
>
> with
>
> x - y .* floor (double(x) ./ y);
>
> at lines 57 and 70 in mod.m (version 3.0.1).
>
> Greg Buzzard
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>   
This is fixed by the changeset

http://velveeta.che.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/hgwebdir.cgi/octave/rev/f7e9860893cb

That was apply to the 3.1.x tree 4 months ago but unfortunately was
missed for 3.0.1.. It will be in the 3.0.2 release

D.

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