[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > The problem is that Python parses -123**0 as -(123**0), not as > (-123)**0.
As explicitly defined in the language reference, the "negative" operator has lower binding precedence than the "power" operator <URL:http://www.python.org/doc/ref/summary.html>. > I suggest making the Python parser omit the negative sign if a > negative number is raised to the power of 0. It does, if you actually have a negative number that you're raising to power 0. >>> (-123)**0 1 > This is a rare case when the parser is fooled The parser is operating according to the documented language specification. It can't account for the user being fooled by external sources. -- \ "You know what I hate? Indian givers... no, I take that back." | `\ -- Emo Philips | _o__) | Ben Finney -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
