[New-bugs-announce] [issue15996] pow() for complex numbers is rough around the edges

[mattip]

New submission from mattip:

complex(1., 0.) ** complex(float('inf'), 0.) raises a ZeroDivisionError. In general, complex_power() needs to handle more corner cases. Barring a clear standard for pow() in C99, the documentation for pow 3 in glibc
http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/online/pages/man3/pow.3.html
seems solid for a start, however it only describes behaviour for float/double values.

Where would be an appropriate place to add tests? I propose adding a test-case file similar to cmath_testcases.txt (attached) and a test runner similar to test_cmath.py

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components: Interpreter Core
files: rcomplex_testcases2.txt
messages: 170856
nosy: mark.dickinson, mattip
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: pow() for complex numbers is rough around the edges
type: behavior
Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file27238/rcomplex_testcases2.txt

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