[Python-Dev] return type of complex

Devin Jeanpierre jeanpierreda at gmail.com
Mon Oct 22 13:37:57 CEST 2012

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On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 7:34 AM, Larry Hastings <larry at hastings.org> wrote:
>>>> -1 ** 0.5
> -1.0

Be careful about order of operations!

    >>> (-1)**.5
    (6.123233995736766e-17+1j)

-- Devin

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