Tim Peters <t...@python.org> added the comment: Mark, indeed, in the email from Vincent Lefevre you linked to, his entire argument was: (a) we already specified what happens when the base is a zero; so, (b) for each of the six pow(a_zero, y) cases we specified, derive a matching rule for an inf base via:
pow(an_inf, y) = 1/pow(1/an_inf, y) = 1/pow(the_same_sign_zero, y) Looking at the other msgs in that thread, everyone found that instantly compelling. Pierre, give up ;-) These standards are years old already, so it's exceedingly unlikely any specified behavior will ever change again, for "backward compatibility" reasons alone. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue32171> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
