Re: [Python-Dev] (-1)**(1/2)==1?

2006-02-20 Thread Georg Brandl
Jonathan Barbero wrote: Hello! My name is Jonathan, i´m new with Python. I try this in the command line: (-1)**(1/2) 1 This is wrong, i think it must throw an exception. What do you think? 1/2 0 (-1)**0 1 It's fine. If you want to get a floating point result

Re: [Python-Dev] (-1)**(1/2)==1?

2006-02-20 Thread Aahz
Georg, Please do not respond to off-topic posts on python-dev without redirecting them to comp.lang.python (or other suitable place). Thanks! On Mon, Feb 20, 2006, Georg Brandl wrote: Jonathan Barbero wrote: Hello! My name is Jonathan, i?m new with Python. I try this in the command

Re: [Python-Dev] (-1)**(1/2)==1?

2006-02-20 Thread Facundo Batista
2006/2/20, Jonathan Barbero [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hello! My name is Jonathan, i´m new with Python. Hello Jonathan. This list is only for developing Python itself, not for developing in Python. You should address this kind of question in comp.lang.python (available as a newsgroup and a mailing

Re: [Python-Dev] (-1)**(1/2)==1?

2006-02-20 Thread Michael Walter
1/2 0 (-1) ** (1./2) Traceback (most recent call last): File stdin, line 1, in ? ValueError: negative number cannot be raised to a fractional power Regards, Michael On 2/20/06, Jonathan Barbero [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello! My name is Jonathan, i´m new with Python. I try this in