Hello python fans, I have a small problem using python and complex math.
The pow(complex,complex) function in the windows python version doesn't have the same semantic as the source version. (I have downloaded : - Python 2.5.2 compressed source tarball<http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.5.2/Python-2.5.2.tgz>(for Unix or OS X compile) - Python 2.5.2 Windows installer<http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.5.2/python-2.5.2.msi> ) If found in Complex.py: def __pow__(self, n, z=None): if z is not None: raise TypeError, 'Complex does not support ternary pow()' if IsComplex(n): if n.im: if self.im: raise TypeError, 'Complex to the Complex power' else: return exp(math.log(self.re)*n) n = n.re r = pow(self.abs(), n) phi = n*self.angle() return Complex(math.cos(phi)*r, math.sin(phi)*r) which mean for example if i calculate z1 power z2 (z1,z2 are complex numbers), and z1 and z2 has imaginary parts not equals zero, i must get an TypeError. Is that right? But i tried that in the IDLE python shell by doing this >>> z1=complex(1,2) >>> z2=complex(2,3) >>> z1**z2 (-0.01513267242272265-0.1798674839133349j) >>> and this is everything unlike an TypeError. So if somebody can help me, it would be nice. Thanks. Matze (Sorry for bad english, I'am german)
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