Can new functions of modularity be added to leidenalg

[mbdjalal]

Hello,
I want to use other functions measuring modularity. These functions are new and does not exists in leidenalg.
How can I add theses functions, please ? Do I need the source of the .so file used by leidenalg ?

Thanks

[vtraag]

In principle this is not too difficult, but you would need to do this in C++. You can read more about it here: https://leidenalg.readthedocs.io/en/stable/implement.html.

However, I've recently externalised the C++ core to a separate library, which is available from https://github.com/vtraag/libleidenalg. If you want to contribute another quality function, you should hence first add the function there. In principle, the main instructions at https://leidenalg.readthedocs.io/en/stable/implement.html remain the same, but you should now apply them in the libleidenalg repository when they concern the C++ part.

If you want to start doing this, I would recommend to first get the libleidenalg to work separately on your computer. Once you have set that up, you can try to add a new quality function. If you want, you can then open a draft PR on the libleidenalg repo with your preliminary changes to discuss further.

[vtraag]

I'll leave this open until I've fully updated the documentation about how to contribute new quality functions.

[vtraag]

I've now update the documentation, and should be available (shortly) on https://leidenalg.readthedocs.io/en/latest/implement.html. It essentially just separates the parts of how to contribute to C++ and Python in the two different repositories. I'll now close this issue.