James Dennett wrote: > > Yes: 5^2 + -2^2 is 29, however you write it. > > *If* you take -2 as a number, but not if you take the number > as 2 and the unary minus as an operator with lower precedence > than exponentiation.
[snip] > Not in this respect. However, the question is whether that's > a unary -, which binds lower than exponentiation in most systems, > or part of the negative number minus 2. In Python, all numbers are positive. -2 is a unary minus in front of 2. -- Steven. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
