I see what you mean, there is, however, some inconsistency on how this is
handled, and it's not entirely intuitive
```
_type=np.int8
N=8
np.linspace(
start=np.iinfo(_type).min,
stop=np.iinfo(_type).max,
num=N,
dtype=_type,
)
=> array([-128, -92, -56, -19, 17, 54, 90, 127], dtype=int8)
_type=np.float16
np.linspace(
start=np.finfo(_type).min,
stop=np.finfo(_type).max,
num=N,
dtype=_type,
)
=> array([-65504., -46784., -28080., -9360., 9360., 28080., 46784.,
65504.], dtype=float16)
_type=np.float32
np.linspace(
start=np.finfo(_type).min,
stop=np.finfo(_type).max,
num=N,
dtype=_type,
)
=> array([-3.4028235e+38, -2.4305882e+38, -1.4583529e+38, -4.8611764e+37,
4.8611764e+37, 1.4583529e+38, 2.4305882e+38, 3.4028235e+38],
dtype=float32)
_type=np.float64
np.linspace(
start=np.finfo(_type).min,
stop=np.finfo(_type).max,
num=N,
dtype=_type,
)
=> array([ nan, inf, inf, inf,
inf, inf, inf, 1.79769313e+308])
_type=np.float64
np.linspace(
start=0,
stop=np.finfo(_type).max,
num=N,
dtype=_type,
)
=> array([0.00000000e+000, 2.56813305e+307, 5.13626610e+307, 7.70439915e+307,
1.02725322e+308, 1.28406652e+308, 1.54087983e+308, 1.79769313e+308])
_type=np.float64
np.linspace(
start=-1e291,
stop=np.finfo(_type).max,
num=N,
dtype=_type,
)
=> array([-1.00000000e+291, 2.56813305e+307, 5.13626610e+307,
7.70439915e+307, 1.02725322e+308, 1.28406652e+308,
1.54087983e+308, 1.79769313e+308])
_type=np.float64
np.linspace(
start=-1e292,
stop=np.finfo(_type).max,
num=N,
dtype=_type,
)
=> array([ nan, inf, inf, inf,
inf, inf, inf, 1.79769313e+308])
_type=np.float16
np.logspace(
start=np.finfo(_type).minexp,
stop=np.finfo(_type).maxexp,
num=N,
dtype=_type,
base=2,
)
=> array([6.104e-05, 1.190e-03, 2.322e-02, 4.529e-01, 8.836e+00, 1.722e+02,
3.360e+03, inf], dtype=float16)
_type=np.float16
np.logspace(
start=np.finfo(_type).minexp,
stop=np.finfo(_type).maxexp,
num=N,
dtype=_type,
base=2,
endpoint=False,
)
=> array([6.104e-05, 8.211e-04, 1.105e-02, 1.487e-01, 2.000e+00, 2.691e+01,
3.620e+02, 4.872e+03], dtype=float16)
_type=np.float64
np.logspace(
start=np.finfo(_type).minexp,
stop=np.finfo(_type).maxexp,
num=N,
dtype=_type,
base=2,
endpoint=False,
)
=> array([2.22507386e-308, 2.16653556e-231, 2.10953732e-154, 2.05403862e-077,
2.00000000e+000, 1.94738306e+077, 1.89615038e+154, 1.84626556e+231])
```
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