Martin v. Löwis <mar...@v.loewis.de> added the comment: This is expected behavior. The power operator binds with higher precedence than the unary minus:
http://docs.python.org/reference/expressions.html#unary-arithmetic-and-bitwise-operations Therefore, your term is interpreted as -(4 ** 2) As for "it only affects the prompt": I can't reproduce that. If I put print(-4**2) in a script and run that, it still prints -16 for me. ---------- nosy: +loewis resolution: -> invalid stage: -> committed/rejected status: open -> closed _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue8353> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
