[Numpy-discussion] Binary ufuncs: minimum

[Christopher Barker]

Travis E. Oliphant wrote:
> Yes, it does make sense to me for abs to use an unsigned type for integers.

I'm not so sure. I know I wouldn't expect to get a different type back 
with a call to abs(). Do we really want to change that expectation just 
for the case of MIN_INT?

While everyone is going to want an unsigned value when calling abs(), 
who knows if they might want to use negative numbers later? Like:

x = abs(x)
x *= -1

Now what do we get/want?

-Chris



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