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dpnp/backend/extensions/vm/types_matrix.hpp

@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ template <typename T>
 struct AbsOutputType
 {
     using value_type = typename std::disjunction<
+        // TODO: Add complex type here, currently adding them here generates a
+        // compile time error due to probably a bug in mkl
         dpctl_td_ns::TypeMapResultEntry<T, double>,
         dpctl_td_ns::TypeMapResultEntry<T, float>,
         dpctl_td_ns::DefaultResultEntry<void>>::result_type;

dpnp/backend/extensions/vm/vm_py.cpp

@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ PYBIND11_MODULE(_vm_impl, m)
         };
         m.def("_abs", abs_pyapi,
               "Call `abs` function from OneMKL VM library to compute "
-              "the absolute of vector elements",
+              "the absolute value of vector elements",
               py::arg("sycl_queue"), py::arg("src"), py::arg("dst"),
               py::arg("depends") = py::list());
 

dpnp/dpnp_iface_mathematical.py

@@ -127,46 +127,6 @@
 ]
 
 
-def abs(
-    x,
-    /,
-    out=None,
-    *,
-    order="K",
-    where=True,
-    dtype=None,
-    subok=True,
-    **kwargs,
-):
-    """
-    Calculate the absolute value element-wise.
-
-    For full documentation refer to :obj:`numpy.absolute`.
-
-    Notes
-    -----
-    :obj:`dpnp.abs` is a shorthand for :obj:`dpnp.absolute`.
-
-    Examples
-    --------
-    >>> import dpnp as np
-    >>> a = np.array([-1.2, 1.2])
-    >>> np.abs(a)
-    array([1.2, 1.2])
-
-    """
-
-    return dpnp.absolute(
-        x,
-        out,
-        order="K",
-        where=where,
-        dtype=dtype,
-        subok=subok,
-        **kwargs,
-    )
-
-
 def absolute(
     x,
     /,
@@ -198,16 +158,23 @@ def absolute(
 
     See Also
     --------
-    :obj:`dpnp.abs` : is a shorthand for this function..
     :obj:`dpnp.fabs` : Calculate the absolute value element-wise excluding complex types.
 
+    Notes
+    -----
+    ``dpnp.abs`` is a shorthand for this function.
+
     Examples
     --------
-    >>> import dpnp as dp
-    >>> a = dp.array([-1.2, 1.2])
-    >>> dp.absolute(a)
+    >>> import dpnp as np
+    >>> a = np.array([-1.2, 1.2])
+    >>> np.absolute(a)
     array([1.2, 1.2])
 
+    >>> a = np.array(1.2 + 1j)
+    >>> np.absolute(a)
+    array(1.5620499351813308)
+
     """
 
     return check_nd_call_func(
@@ -223,6 +190,9 @@ def absolute(
     )
 
 
+abs = absolute
+
+
 def add(
     x1,
     x2,
@@ -835,7 +805,7 @@ def fabs(x1, **kwargs):
 
     See Also
     --------
-    :obj:`dpnp.abs` : Calculate the absolute value element-wise.
+    :obj:`dpnp.absolute` : Calculate the absolute value element-wise.
 
     Examples
     --------
@@ -2152,7 +2122,7 @@ def proj(
 
     See Also
     --------
-    :obj:`dpnp.abs` : Returns the magnitude of a complex number, element-wise.
+    :obj:`dpnp.absolute` : Returns the magnitude of a complex number, element-wise.
     :obj:`dpnp.conj` : Return the complex conjugate, element-wise.
 
     Examples