New submission from Chris Ward :
When using exponentiation interactively in the python shell, it returns all
negative results when a negative number is the input. For example:
-4 ** 2 will return -16
-4 ** 2 should evaluate as -4 * -4, which correctly returns 16
This does not occur when using
Chris Ward added the comment:
Thanks for clearing that up and pointing me in the right direction. I should
have tested print first. The assumption was based on the evaluation of (-4) **
2 within an expression, which does return correctly. I hadn't made the
distinction that the parent
