Decimal 0**0
Stefan Krah
stefan at bytereef.org
Tue Feb 5 08:05:26 EST 2013
Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info> wrote:
> Does anyone have an explanation why Decimal 0**0 behaves so differently from
> float 0**0?
>
> Tested in both Python 2.7 and 3.3, float 0**0 returns 1, as I would expect:
The behavior follows the specification:
http://speleotrove.com/decimal/daops.html#refpower
Why exactly the decision was made I cannot say.
Stefan Krah
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