Should numpy.sqrt(-1) return 1j rather than nan?

[David Goldsmith]

Travis Oliphant wrote:
> pearu at cens.ioc.ee wrote:
>
>   
>> Could sqrt(-1) made to return 1j again? 
>>
>>     
> Not in NumPy.  But, in scipy it could.
>
>   
Ohmigod!!!  You are definitely going to scare away many, many potential 
users - if I wasn't obliged to use open source at work, you'd be scaring 
me away.  I was thinking about translating all my personal 
fractal-generating Matlab code into Python, but I certainly won't be 
doing that now!


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