[PD] Negative input numbers for [pow] return 0

[Joe White]

>
> It may be a bit more complex since exponent values between -1 and 1 are the
> ones that generate imaginary numbers from negative values, with the
> exception of 0 which generates 1. Latest pd-l2ork patch tries to fix this.
> See:
>
> https://github.com/pd-l2ork/pd/commit/95d82d33d2580a00e32d725e0f5147d88cdaf3


I think Ivica's proposal is a great solution. Still output 0 for any NaNs
but report it to the user so they are aware.

On 24 April 2013 09:50, IOhannes m zmoelnig <zmoelnig at iem.at> wrote:

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> On 2013-04-24 04:10, Ivica Ico Bukvic wrote:
> > It may be a bit more complex since exponent values between -1 and
> > 1 are the ones that generate imaginary numbers from negative
> > values,
>
> we call those NaNs.
>
> "the implementation would be trivial" implied "if you are ready to
> deal with NaNs".
>
> On 2013-04-24 05:15, Ivica Ico Bukvic wrote:
> >
> > Yes, the proposed patch generates 0 when imaginary numbers are
> > involved and issues warning on the console with ability to track
> > the error.
>
> in which the original behaviour is probably "better", as the result
> won't start jumping widely between real values and zero.
>
>
> it seems like i have somehow turned into a defender of the current
> behaviour of [pow].
> i'd rather not (that is: personally i'd rather not have too many
> constructs built into Pd that seemingly make life easier and protect
> people from doing stupid things)
>
>
>
> rtfgmqawe
> IOhannes
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