Re: [Numpy-discussion] odd (?) behavior: negative integer scalar in exponent

On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 3:19 PM, Alan G Isaac wrote:

What should be the value of `2**np.int_(-32)`? It is apparently currently computed as `1. / (2**np.int_(32))`, so the computation overflows (when a C long is 32 bits). I would have hoped for it to be computed as `1./(2.**np.int_(32))`.

Looks like a bug to me. Chuck.