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Title: wrong priority doc for ** vs unary -
Type: Stage:
Components: Documentation Versions:
process
Status: closed Resolution: fixed
Dependencies: Superseder:
Assigned To: fdrake Nosy List: aleax, fdrake
Priority: normal Keywords:

Created on 2001-05-07 12:00 by aleax, last changed 2022-04-10 16:04 by admin. This issue is now closed.

Messages (2)
msg4659 - (view) Author: Alex Martelli (aleax) * (Python committer) Date: 2001-05-07 12:00 
http://www.python.org/doc/current/ref/summary.html 
documents ** as higher-priority than unary - (by 
placing it in the following line on the precedence 
table).  This is unfortunately false: ** is higher 
priority, so e.g. -2**2 evaluates to -4.  Alas, and 
quite confusing to newbies, but at least it needs to 
be documented right.
msg4660 - (view) Author: Fred Drake (fdrake) (Python committer) Date: 2001-05-09 16:54 
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user_id=3066

Fixed in Doc/ref/ref5.tex revisions 1.45 (development
branch) and 1.43.2.1 (maintenance branch).
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2022-04-10 16:04:02adminsetgithub: 34466
2001-05-07 12:00:22aleaxcreate