Imaginary part is ignored if equals to 0 when returned by a mex function

Nicolas Esteves nicolas at nag.co.uk
Mon Jul 27 10:20:30 CDT 2009


Bug report for Octave 3.2.2 configured for i686-pc-linux-gnu

Description:
-----------

  When a complex number equal to a+0i is returned by a mex function, 
it's replaced by the real number a.

  Note: I applied the patch 
http://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/octave/rev/1fddcf651559

Repeat-By:
---------

Sample code

#include "mex.h"

void mexFunction(int nlhs, mxArray *plhs[], int nrhs, const mxArray 
*prhs[]) {
  int i;
  int a = 0;
  int b = 0;

  mxArray *local_plhs[1];

  if (nlhs != 1) {
    mexErrMsgIdAndTxt("Error:NeedOutputParameter","The function needs 
one output parameter.");
  }

  if (nrhs != 1) {
    mexErrMsgIdAndTxt("Error:NeedInputParameter","The function needs one 
input parameter.");
  }
 
  local_plhs[0] = mxDuplicateArray(prhs[0]);

  for (i=0; i < mxGetNumberOfElements(local_plhs[0]); ++i) {
    *(mxGetPr(local_plhs[0])+i) = a;
    *(mxGetPi(local_plhs[0])+i) = b;
  }
    plhs[0] = local_plhs[0];

}

res = bug_cpl(complex(0,0))
res = 0

instead of 0+0i

with a=1 and b=0
res = bug_cpl(complex(0,0))
res =  1

instead of 1+0i

with a=1 and b=1
res = bug_cpl(complex(0,0))
res =  1 + 1i

correct

with a=0 and b=1
res = bug_cpl(complex(0,0))
res =  0 + 1i

correct



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