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| -rw-r--r-- | Objects/intobject.c | 12 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Objects/intobject.c b/Objects/intobject.c index de28156..b0ed82a 100644 --- a/Objects/intobject.c +++ b/Objects/intobject.c @@ -510,13 +510,11 @@ int_pow(PyIntObject *v, PyIntObject *w, PyIntObject *z) CONVERT_TO_LONG(v, iv); CONVERT_TO_LONG(w, iw); if (iw < 0) { - if (iv) - PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, - "cannot raise integer to a negative power"); - else - PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ZeroDivisionError, - "cannot raise 0 to a negative power"); - return NULL; + /* Return a float. This works because we know that + this calls float_pow() which converts its + arguments to double. */ + return PyFloat_Type.tp_as_number->nb_power( + (PyObject *)v, (PyObject *)w, (PyObject *)z); } if ((PyObject *)z != Py_None) { CONVERT_TO_LONG(z, iz); |