On Sun, Oct 9, 2016 at 12:59 PM, Stephan Hoyer <sho...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 9, 2016 at 6:25 AM, Sebastian Berg <sebast...@sipsolutions.net > > wrote: > >> For what its worth, I still feel it is probably the only real option to >> go with error, changing to float may have weird effects. Which does not >> mean it is impossible, I admit, though I would like some data on how >> downstream would handle it. Also would we need an int power? The fpower >> seems more straight forward/common pattern. >> If errors turned out annoying in some cases, a seterr might be >> plausible too (as well as a deprecation). >> > > I agree with Sebastian and Nathaniel. I don't think we can deviating from > the existing behavior (int ** int -> int) without breaking lots of existing > code, and if we did, yes, we would need a new integer power function. > > I think it's better to preserve the existing behavior when it gives > sensible results, and error when it doesn't. Adding another function > float_power for the case that is currently broken seems like the right way > to go. > +1 Ryan
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