still getting a pesky question from realpart



Am Sonntag, den 31.05.2009, 14:54 -0600 schrieb Robert Dodier:
> Hello,
> 
> realpart (asin (x + y*%i));
>  => Is  x y  positive, negative, or zero?
> 
> I was hoping such questions were a thing of the past ...
> Maybe I haven't been paying attention.
> 
> To what extent does realpart & friends (imagpart, carg,
> cabs) still make use of asksign?

Hello Robert,

I will have a look at the problem. 

The time I have improved the code I have not removed asksign at all
places, but only at one place where we get obviously a problem. I always
try to change not to much to avoid a lot of new problems.

Dieter Kaiser