[Numpy-discussion] reciprocal(0)

[Ralf Gommers]

Hi,

I expect `reciprocal(x)` to calculate 1/x, and for input 0 to either follow
the python rules or give the np.divide(1, 0) result. However the result
returned (with numpy trunk) is:

>>> np.reciprocal(0)
-2147483648

>>> np.divide(1, 0)
0
>>> 1/0
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ZeroDivisionError: integer division or modulo by zero

The result for a zero float argument is inf as expected. I want to document
the correct behavior for integers, what should it be?

Cheers,
Ralf
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