Re: [Numpy-discussion] Should numpy.sqrt(-1) return 1j rather than nan?

[Stefan v. d. W. <st...@su...>]

On Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 08:24:01PM -0400, A. M. Archibald wrote:
> What is the desired behaviour of sqrt?

[...]

> Should it return a complex array only when any entry in its input is
> negative? This will be even *more* surprising when a negative (perhaps
> even -0) value appears in their matrix (for example, does a+min(a)
> yield -0s in the minimal values?) and suddenly it's complex.

Luckily sqrt(-0.) gives -0.0 and not nan ;)

Regards
St=E9fan