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Diffstat (limited to 'Objects')
| -rw-r--r-- | Objects/floatobject.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Objects/floatobject.c b/Objects/floatobject.c index 7c489d9..eb540e6 100644 --- a/Objects/floatobject.c +++ b/Objects/floatobject.c @@ -680,9 +680,10 @@ float_pow(PyObject *v, PyObject *w, PyObject *z) * bugs so we have to figure it out ourselves. */ if (iw != floor(iw)) { - PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "negative number " - "cannot be raised to a fractional power"); - return NULL; + /* Negative numbers raised to fractional powers + * become complex. + */ + return PyComplex_Type.tp_as_number->nb_power(v, w, z); } /* iw is an exact integer, albeit perhaps a very large one. * -1 raised to an exact integer should never be exceptional. |