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1474 :: Math library missing absolute value?

[2015-07-26T16:41:56+02:00]

xyz32 (orginal) [2015-07-26T16:41:56+02:00] view original

Is the nim standard math library missing an abs value? I only did a quick search and I could not find one.

dom96 (orginal) [2015-07-26T16:45:39+02:00] view original

http://nim-lang.org/docs/system.html#abs,int

xyz32 (orginal) [2015-07-26T16:51:06+02:00] view original

Right :) Thank you, but is there a reason why this one is in system and all the other (Floor, Round, Sealing etc) are in the math module?

Araq (orginal) [2015-07-26T23:56:26+02:00] view original

No reason besides historical reasons.

didlybom (orginal) [2015-07-27T10:19:47+02:00] view original

Maybe this is a dumb suggestion, but could it make sense to add an alias for system.abs to the math module? Maybe even make the system one the alias, and the math one the original one?