Georg, Please do not respond to off-topic posts on python-dev without redirecting them to comp.lang.python (or other suitable place). Thanks!
On Mon, Feb 20, 2006, Georg Brandl wrote: > > Jonathan Barbero wrote: >> Hello! >> My name is Jonathan, i?m new with Python. >> >> I try this in the command line: >> >> >>> (-1)**(1/2) >> 1 >> >> This is wrong, i think it must throw an exception. >> What do you think? > >>>> 1/2 > 0 >>>> (-1)**0 > 1 > > It's fine. > > If you want to get a floating point result from dividing, > make one of the two numbers a float: > >>>> 1.0/2 > 0.5 >>>> -- Aahz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ "19. A language that doesn't affect the way you think about programming, is not worth knowing." --Alan Perlis _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
