Re: [Numpy-discussion] numpy.sign query

2013-07-12 Thread Charles R Harris
On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 12:53 PM, Alan G Isaac wrote: > The docs for numpy.sign at > http://docs.scipy.org/doc/numpy/reference/generated/numpy.sign.html > do not indicate how complex numbers are handled. Currently, np.sign > appears to return the sign of the real part as a complex value. > Was t

[Numpy-discussion] numpy.sign query

2013-07-12 Thread Alan G Isaac
The docs for numpy.sign at http://docs.scipy.org/doc/numpy/reference/generated/numpy.sign.html do not indicate how complex numbers are handled. Currently, np.sign appears to return the sign of the real part as a complex value. Was this an explicit choice? Was x/abs(x) considered (for non-zero ele