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Author	steven.daprano
Recipients	anthonypjshaw, lys.nikolaou, pablogsal, steven.daprano, tim.peters
Date	2021-07-21.05:26:37
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Not a bug, this is due to operator precedence. It is documented under the power operator: https://docs.python.org/3/reference/expressions.html#the-power-operator and in the operator precedence table: https://docs.python.org/3/reference/expressions.html#operator-precedence If you want to raise a negative literal to a power, you need parentheses: (-2)**2

Not a bug, this is due to operator precedence.

It is documented under the power operator:

https://docs.python.org/3/reference/expressions.html#the-power-operator

and in the operator precedence table:

https://docs.python.org/3/reference/expressions.html#operator-precedence

If you want to raise a negative literal to a power, you need parentheses:

    (-2)**2

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