Precidence of unary plus/minus relative to exponentiation

Batista, Facundo FBatista at uniFON.com.ar
Tue Apr 1 14:54:56 EST 2003


#- 	>>> -2.0**2.0
#- 	-4.0
#- 	
#- Python's operator predicence is causing this to be interpreted as:
#- 
#- 	>>> -(2.0**2.0)

It's OK, because the minus and the plus are the last verified signs, in
Python and everywhere else, as far I know.


#- rather than the normal mathematical precidence, which would give
#- 
#- 	>>> (-2.0)**2.0

No, no, no. In "everyday math" if you want to elevate the -2 to 2, you need
to put the brackets explicitly.


.elm.





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