[issue23201] Decimal(0)**0 is an error, 0**0 is 1, but Decimal(0) == 0

[Ezio Melotti]

Ezio Melotti added the comment:

In the code there is this comment:
    # 0**0 = NaN (!), x**0 = 1 for nonzero x (including +/-Infinity)
and raising the error for this specific case seems intentional.

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nosy: +ezio.melotti, facundobatista, mark.dickinson, rhettinger, skrah
versions:  -Python 3.2, Python 3.3

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