Wrong output from det(Array{Complex})

[greg_plowman]

@PetrKryslUCSD

Are you sure? I think 32 stands for the number of bits in both the real and imaginary parts.

@tkoolen

Ah, I guess this will be changed in 0.7 (ComplexF32 is not a thing in 0.6)

I think this has long been a source of ambiguity and confusion.

See discussion and PR:

Rename Complex2n to Complexn?

I have always been bugged by the names Complex128 = Complex{Float64}, etc, as there is always (probably because I’m not a heavy user) a tiny mental step to divide the number to know the actual precision (64 bits for Complex128). I would find it clearer to have Complex64 meaning Complex{Float64}, so that the number indicates directly the float type used. Also, it seems more scalable: Quaternion256 starts to be unreadable, let alone Octonion512. My concern is also that it makes a precedent for nam…

rename Complex{32,64,128} to ComplexF{16,32,64}