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Re: Why does 1**2**3**4**5 raise a MemoryError?

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On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 9:28 AM, Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 9:06 AM, Alex <foo@email.invalid> wrote:
>> Really?
>>
>> The Python 3 documentation
>> (http://docs.python.org/3/reference/expressions.html) says in section
>> 6.14 (Evaluation order) that "Python evaluates expressions from left to
>> right" (an exception being when evaluating assignments, in which case
>> the RHS of the assignment is calculated first, in left-to-right order).
>>
>> Section 6.4 discusses the power operator specifically and does not
>> contradict 6.14 except that the power operator uses right-to-left
>> evaluation in the presence of unparenthesized unary operators.
>
> http://docs.python.org/3/reference/expressions.html#operator-precedence
>
> Opening paragraph, "... exponentiation, which groups from right to
> left". It follows the obvious expectation from mathematics. (The OP is
> using Python 2, but the same applies.)

Though your point about 6.14 is still true. It states the order that
the integers will be evaluated in. Note one of the examples given:

expr1 + expr2 * (expr3 - expr4)

The evaluation of the expression starts with 3 and 4, then picks up 2,
then 1, but the operands themselves are evaluated left to right.

ChrisA

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Why does 1**2**3**4**5 raise a MemoryError? morphex <morphex@gmail.com> - 2013-03-30 23:56 -0700
  Re: Why does 1**2**3**4**5 raise a MemoryError? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-03-31 07:33 +0000
    Re: Why does 1**2**3**4**5 raise a MemoryError? Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-03-31 03:48 -0400
    Re: Why does 1**2**3**4**5 raise a MemoryError? morphex <morphex@gmail.com> - 2013-03-31 05:07 -0700
      Re: Why does 1**2**3**4**5 raise a MemoryError? Dave Angel <d@davea.name> - 2013-03-31 08:43 -0400
        Re: Why does 1**2**3**4**5 raise a MemoryError? Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-03-31 09:15 -0400
          Re: Why does 1**2**3**4**5 raise a MemoryError? Jason Swails <jason.swails@gmail.com> - 2013-03-31 10:03 -0400
      Re: Why does 1**2**3**4**5 raise a MemoryError? Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-03-31 09:04 -0400
      Re: Why does 1**2**3**4**5 raise a MemoryError? Tim Roberts <timr@probo.com> - 2013-04-01 21:45 -0700
        Re: Why does 1**2**3**4**5 raise a MemoryError? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-04-02 17:16 +1100
        Re: Why does 1**2**3**4**5 raise a MemoryError? Dan Sommers <dan@tombstonezero.net> - 2013-04-02 12:56 +0000
    Re: Why does 1**2**3**4**5 raise a MemoryError? Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-03-31 08:59 -0400
  Re: Why does 1**2**3**4**5 raise a MemoryError? Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-03-31 03:34 -0400
    Re: Why does 1**2**3**4**5 raise a MemoryError? "Alex" <foo@email.invalid> - 2013-03-31 22:06 +0000
      Re: Why does 1**2**3**4**5 raise a MemoryError? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-04-01 09:28 +1100
        Re: Why does 1**2**3**4**5 raise a MemoryError? "Alex" <foo@email.invalid> - 2013-04-01 00:39 +0000
          Re: Why does 1**2**3**4**5 raise a MemoryError? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-04-01 11:58 +1100
          Re: Why does 1**2**3**4**5 raise a MemoryError? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-04-01 04:16 +0000
            Re: Why does 1**2**3**4**5 raise a MemoryError? Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-04-01 07:48 -0400
          Re: Why does 1**2**3**4**5 raise a MemoryError? Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2013-04-02 08:40 +0100
      Re: Why does 1**2**3**4**5 raise a MemoryError? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-04-01 09:32 +1100
      Re: Why does 1**2**3**4**5 raise a MemoryError? Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-03-31 18:34 -0400

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