Bug #16677
Updated by sawa (Tsuyoshi Sawada) about 4 years ago
Not sure if this is an unexpected behavior. This works as I expect: ``` -2 ** 2.2 # => -4.59479341998814 ``` But when I change the code a bit, it gives me a complex: ```ruby ``` -2.to_i ** 2.2 # => (3.717265962412589+2.7007518095995273i) a = -2; a ** 2.2 # => (3.717265962412589+2.7007518095995273i) ``` This seems to happen only with negative numbers and float powers. I think it might be related to how `Fixnum` is treated differently from other classes by the power function.