Raymond Hettinger <rhettin...@users.sourceforge.net> added the comment:
Python's order of operations runs the exponentation before the unary minus. This convention makes the unary minus behave more like the subtraction operator so that: -x**n == 0 - x**n. This convention is somewhat common but there are exceptions such as MS Excel where the unary minus binds first. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_operations#Examples ---------- nosy: +rhettinger _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue10061> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
