make flipsign(typemin(T), -1) == typemin(T) consistently #22016
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Cf. #21984 (comment) where the discussion started.
This makes
flipsign(x, y)
always (hopefully) equal toy < 0 ? +x : -x
.Before:
flipsign(typemin(Int8), -1)
was anInexactError()
butcopysign(typemin(Int8), -1) == -128
, and-typemin(Int8) == -128
.This PR also
Bool
by adding a+
which is a no-op in most cases.Unsigned
, but I'm not sure this is really faster.