Mark Dickinson <dicki...@gmail.com> added the comment: This is not a bug:
-1 ** 2 is parsed as -(1 ** 2), not (-1) ** 2. Take a look at: http://docs.python.org/reference/expressions.html#the-power-operator In -1 ^ 2, ^ is the bitwise exclusive-or operator, not the power operator. pow(x, y) is indeed equivalent to x**y: Python 2.6.2 (r262:71600, Aug 22 2009, 17:53:25) [GCC 4.0.1 (Apple Inc. build 5493)] on darwin Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> x = -1 >>> y = 2 >>> x ** y 1 >>> pow(x, y) 1 >>> ---------- nosy: +marketdickinson resolution: -> invalid status: open -> closed _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue6781> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
