[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #63082] eig(NaN) and eig(Inf) triggers a hard error instead of returning NaN

[Johannes Pfeifer]

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                 Summary: eig(NaN) and eig(Inf) triggers a hard error instead
of returning NaN
                 Project: GNU Octave
               Submitter: jpfeifer
               Submitted: Tue 20 Sep 2022 10:16:25 AM UTC
                Category: Octave Function
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Matlab Compatibility
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: Johannes Pfeifer 
        Originator Email: 
             Open/Closed: Open
                 Release: 7.2.0
         Discussion Lock: Any
        Operating System: Microsoft Windows


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Follow-up Comments:


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Date: Tue 20 Sep 2022 10:16:25 AM UTC By: Johannes Pfeifer <jpfeifer>
In Matlab 

eig(Inf)

and 

eig(NaN)

return NaN. In Octave, the code will instead crash with

> error: EIG: matrix contains Inf or NaN values

This requires to add an additional exception handling layer.







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