Tim Peters added the comment: This won't be changed - it's a near-universally mandated behavior across relevant standards. Many years ago it wasn't, but Knuth changed minds when he wrote:
""" We must define x^0=1 for all x, if the binomial theorem is to be valid when x=0 , y=0 , and/or x=-y . The theorem is too important to be arbitrarily restricted! """ More here: https://www.quora.com/Why-does-Python-return-1-for-pow-0-0-which-is-mathematically-wrong ---------- nosy: +tim.peters resolution: -> not a bug stage: -> resolved status: open -> closed type: -> behavior _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue28529> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
