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bug #57908: complex exponentiation compatibility issue

Submitter:  John W. Eaton <jwe>
Submitted:  Thu 27 Feb 2020 05:48:53 PM UTC
   
 
Category:  Octave Function Severity:  3 - Normal
Priority:  5 - Normal Item Group:  Matlab Compatibility
Status:  Confirmed Assigned to:  None
Originator Name:  jwe Open/Closed:  * Open
Release:  * dev Operating System:  * Any
Fixed Release:  None Planned Release:  None
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Thu 27 Feb 2020 06:34:12 PM UTC, comment #1: 

This is part of a much bigger issue with std::pow().  Interesting that we both came across it at the same time.  See bugs #57671, #57476, #54302, #52706.

Let me write something up for the Octave-Maintainers list (later today or tomorrow).

Rik <rik5>
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Thu 27 Feb 2020 05:48:53 PM UTC, original submission:  

In Octave,


x = complex (0, 0);
x ^ x  => NaN + NaNi
0 ^ 0 => 1


but I believe Matlab the complex exponentiation also returns 1 (or complex (1,0) if narrowing doesn't apply).

Do we need to hunt down and eliminate all uses of std::pow for complex arguments?

Would it be better to eliminate direct use of std::complex and use our own class derived from std::complex and that overloads pow with a function that does what we need for compatibility?

Have we discussed this issue previously?  If so, I didn't find a bug report about it.

John W. Eaton <jwe>
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