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Author terry.reedy
Recipients alex, mark.dickinson, mattip, serhiy.storchaka, terry.reedy
Date 2012-09-22.02:14:06
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Message-id <1348280047.46.0.136556768723.issue15996@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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Given that
>>> 1.0**float('inf'), 1.0**float('-inf')
(1.0, 1.0)

works,

>>> (1.0+0j)**(float('inf') + 0j)
Traceback ...
ZeroDivisionError: 0.0 to a negative or complex power

(and same for ('-inf') seems like a clear bug in raising an exception, let alone a clearly wrong exception. Clarification of murky cases, if it changes behavior, might be an enhancement.
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