Mark Dickinson added the comment: > nitpicking a bit: negative values should probably raise a proper ValueError, > no?
I think they do, with this patch. Or maybe I'm misunderstanding? With the current form of the patch: >>> math.factorial(10**20) Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> ValueError: factorial() argument outrageously large >>> math.factorial(-10**20) Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> ValueError: factorial() not defined for negative values ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue20539> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com