Allow negative axes in tensordot #625
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Both NumPy and PyTorch allow this, and there should be no ambiguity or difficulty in doing so, as long as the specified axes remain unique.
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This follows precedent elsewhere (e.g., `moveaxis`).
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As this PR introduces changes which are consistent with guidance elsewhere in the specification (namely, a valid axis index may be negative, resolving to a positive index according to For reference, the original PR makes no mention regarding the original guidance of nonnegative integers. That the guidance required nonnegative integers and not negative integers was likely an omission/mistake. |
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Both NumPy and PyTorch allow this, and there should be no ambiguity or difficulty in doing so, as long as the specified axes remain unique.