+1
On Sat, Jun 4, 2016 at 10:22 AM, Charles R Harris
<charlesr.har...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I've made a new post so that we can make an explicit decision. AFAICT, the
> two proposals are
>
> Integers to negative integer powers raise an error.
> Integers to integer powers always results in floats.
>
> My own sense is that 1. would be closest to current behavior and using a
> float exponential when a float is wanted is an explicit way to indicate that
> desire. OTOH, 2. would be the most convenient default for everyday numerical
> computation, but I think would more likely break current code. I am going to
> come down on the side of 1., which I don't think should cause too many
> problems if we start with a {Future, Deprecation}Warning explaining the
> workaround.
>
> Chuck
>
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