[issue44692] Const folding in parser with negative numbers doesn't match float/int behaviour

[Tim Peters]

Tim Peters <tim at python.org> added the comment:

The binary power operator (`**`) has higher precedence than the unary negation operator (`-`).

That is, -x**y groups as -(x**y).

Not a bug - that's how it was designed and how it's documented.

Note that this isn't novel, either. For example, to give just one example of many, that's how Maxima does it too:

(%i1) -2**3;
(%o1) -8

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