[PD] pow with negative numbers

[Chris McCormick]

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Hi Max,

On 07/06/15 00:44, Max wrote:
> I'm trying to get [pow 2] from -0.019022952498528478. however, in
> Python and my on-screen pocket calculator I get 
> -0.019022952498528478**2 -0.0003618727217612709
> 
> so apart from the 32 bit float, shouldn't the result be negative?

Here's what I get with Python:

$ python
>>> pow(-0.019022952498528478, 2)
0.0003618727217612709
>>> -0.019022952498528478 ** 2
- -0.0003618727217612709

So the "**" operator behaves differently from "pow(x, 2)".

Cheers,

Chris.

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