Pierre Denis <pie.de...@skynet.be> added the comment:
> So this justifies things like `sqrt(-0.0)` giving a zero result (rather than
> being considered invalid)
Well, I didn’t noticed that the wolf was already in the henhouse! This choice
seems disputable for me because it is prec
Pierre Denis <pie.de...@skynet.be> added the comment:
Thanks, Tim & Mark. This indeed clarifies and gives a good rationale on Python
implementation. Nevertheless, despite the authority arguments, I continue to
wonder what is the rationale for these specifications. Probably the deba
New submission from Pierre Denis <pie.de...@skynet.be>:
Python returns inconsistent results when negative infinity is raised to a
non-integer power. This happens with the ** operator as well as with the pow
and math.pow functions. The most blatant symptom occurs with power 0.5,
