#19110: QQ(0)^-1 crashes
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       Reporter:  dkrenn            |        Owner:
           Type:  defect            |       Status:  new
       Priority:  critical          |    Milestone:  sage-6.9
      Component:  basic arithmetic  |   Resolution:
       Keywords:                    |    Merged in:
        Authors:                    |    Reviewers:
Report Upstream:  N/A               |  Work issues:
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Changes (by jdemeyer):

 * priority:  major => critical


Old description:

> {{{
> sage: ZZ(0)^(-1)
> ...
> ZeroDivisionError: Rational division by zero
> }}}
> vs.
> {{{
> sage: QQ(0)^(-1)
> ...
> FloatingPointError: Floating point exception
> }}}
> which is inconsistent (the latter should also raise a
> `ZeroDivisionError`.
>
> FYI, `1/ZZ(0)` and `1/QQ(0)` both raise a `ZeroDivisionError`.

New description:

 {{{
 sage: QQ(0)^(-1)
 ...
 FloatingPointError: Floating point exception
 }}}
 This should be checked and raise a `ZeroDivisionError`.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.sagemath.org/ticket/19110#comment:2>
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