[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #58147] Matlab 2020 compatibility: dec2bin, dec2hex shouldn't error on negative inputs

[Rik]

Update of bug #58147 (project octave):

                Priority:              5 - Normal => 3 - Low                
              Item Group:    Matlab Compatibility => Feature Request        
                  Status:                    None => Confirmed              

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Follow-up Comment #2:

The error message isn't bad because there is significant ambiguity when
converting a negative number to binary.  There are multiple representations
and, although 2's complement is a popular one, there are other representation
such as signed magnitude which make sense and might be preferable.

If Octave is going to implement this, then it needs to document the choice
that was made  (2's complement).

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