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Eduardo Ponce commented on ARROW-12861:
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IEEE 754 defines rules for +0.0 and -0.0, thus *sign(+0.0) = 1* and *sign(-0.0)
= -1*. On the other hand, integral zero results in *sign(0) = 0*. Is this
behavior reasonable?
> [C++][Compute] Add sign function kernels
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> Key: ARROW-12861
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-12861
> Project: Apache Arrow
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: C++
> Reporter: Eduardo Ponce
> Assignee: Eduardo Ponce
> Priority: Major
> Fix For: 5.0.0
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> Add the sign function to the compute kernels.
> sign(X) =
> * 1 if X > 0
> * 0 if X = 0
> * -1 if X < 0
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