Justin added the comment: I think there is a misunderstanding of precedence here. If we had an operation were -1 * 5**4, I could fully understand the statement of precedence. However, in the absence of the "-1 *", the -5 becomes a single atom.
For example: >>> myVal = -5 >>> myVal**4 625 >>> # not -625 because it is treated as a single atom. The statement -5**4 - 20, should yield the same result and yet, it does not. >>> -5**4 - 20 -645 >>> 5**4 - 20 605 >>> Let's take the reverse side of this take 4**-2, if precedence is to hold the same way, why would this not be 16 instead of the correct answer of 0.0625. In this instance, the unary sign all of a sudden jumped in precedence and became a single atom. >>> 4**-2 0.0625 ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue23429> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
