[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #49633] display of "minus zero"?

[Hartmut]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?49633>

                 Summary: display of "minus zero"?
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: hardy
            Submitted on: Thu 17 Nov 2016 06:22:44 PM GMT
                Category: Octave Function
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: None
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 4.0.0
        Operating System: Any

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Details:

Why does Octave display "minus zero", even if it is the same as "zero"?


>> a = -0
a = -0
>> a
a = -0
>> a == 0
ans = 1
>>


Should this be this way? Or should octave skip the display of the minus sign
when the absolute value is zero? Octave obviously already knows that -0==0.




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