@unop: str, weld IR for the given function.
        @result: output array.

        Create a new array, and updates weldobj.weld_code with the code for
        unop.

def _unary_op(self, unop, result=None):
        '''
        @unop: str, weld IR for the given function.
        @result: output array.

        Create a new array, and updates weldobj.weld_code with the code for
        unop.
        '''
        def _update_array_unary_op(res, unop):
            '''
            @res: weldarray to be updated.
            @unop: str, operator applied to res.
            '''
            template = 'map({arr}, |z : {type}| {unop}(z))'
            code = template.format(arr  = res.weldobj.weld_code,
                                   type = res._weld_type.__str__(),
                                   unop = unop)
            res.weldobj.weld_code = code

        if result is None:
            result = self._get_result()
        else:
            # in place op. If is a view, just update base array and return.
            if result._weldarray_view:
                v = result._weldarray_view
                update_str = '{unop}(e)'.format(unop=unop)
                v.base_array._update_range(v.start, v.end, update_str)
                return result

        # back to updating result array
        _update_array_unary_op(result, unop)
        return result