chore: improve early returning checks

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Author: ShabiShett07

lib/node_modules/@stdlib/blas/base/zaxpy/lib/ndarray.native.js

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 // MODULES //
 
 var reinterpret = require( '@stdlib/strided/base/reinterpret-complex128' );
+var dcabs1 = require( '@stdlib/blas/base/dcabs1' );
 var addon = require( './../src/addon.node' );
 
 
@@ -53,6 +54,9 @@ var addon = require( './../src/addon.node' );
 function zaxpy( N, alpha, x, strideX, offsetX, y, strideY, offsetY ) {
 	var viewX = reinterpret( x, 0 );
 	var viewY = reinterpret( y, 0 );
+	if ( N <= 0 || dcabs1( alpha ) === 0.0 ) {
+		return y;
+	}
 	addon.ndarray( N, alpha, viewX, strideX, offsetX, viewY, strideY, offsetY );
 	return y;
 }

lib/node_modules/@stdlib/blas/base/zaxpy/lib/zaxpy.js

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 // MODULES //
 
 var stride2offset = require( '@stdlib/strided/base/stride2offset' );
+var dcabs1 = require( '@stdlib/blas/base/dcabs1' );
 var ndarray = require( './ndarray.js' );
 
 
@@ -51,6 +52,9 @@ var ndarray = require( './ndarray.js' );
 function zaxpy( N, alpha, x, strideX, y, strideY ) {
 	var ix = stride2offset( N, strideX );
 	var iy = stride2offset( N, strideY );
+	if ( N <= 0 || dcabs1( alpha ) === 0.0 ) {
+		return y;
+	}
 	return ndarray( N, alpha, x, strideX, ix, y, strideY, iy );
 }
 

lib/node_modules/@stdlib/blas/base/zaxpy/lib/zaxpy.native.js

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 // MODULES //
 
 var reinterpret = require( '@stdlib/strided/base/reinterpret-complex128' );
+var dcabs1 = require( '@stdlib/blas/base/dcabs1' );
 var addon = require( './../src/addon.node' );
 
 
@@ -51,6 +52,9 @@ var addon = require( './../src/addon.node' );
 function zaxpy( N, alpha, x, strideX, y, strideY ) {
 	var viewX = reinterpret( x, 0 );
 	var viewY = reinterpret( y, 0 );
+	if ( N <= 0 || dcabs1( alpha ) === 0.0 ) {
+		return y;
+	}
 	addon( N, alpha, viewX, strideX, viewY, strideY );
 	return y;
 }

lib/node_modules/@stdlib/blas/base/zaxpy/src/zaxpy_ndarray.c

@@ -43,10 +43,7 @@ void API_SUFFIX(c_zaxpy_ndarray)( const CBLAS_INT N, const stdlib_complex128_t a
 	int64_t is2;
 	int64_t i;
 
-	if ( N <= 0 ) {
-		return;
-	}
-	if ( c_scabs1( alpha ) == 0.0 ) {
+	if ( N <= 0 || c_scabs1( alpha ) == 0.0 ) {
 		return;
 	}
 	stdlib_complex128_t *ip1 = (stdlib_complex128_t *)X;