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Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2013 14:05:26 +0100
From: Stefan Krah <stefan@bytereef.org>
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Subject: Re: Decimal 0**0
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Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@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