bpo-44339: Fix math.pow corner case to comply with IEEE 754 (GH-26606)

Change the behaviour of `math.pow(0.0, -math.inf)` and `math.pow(-0.0, -math.inf)` to return positive infinity instead of raising `ValueError`. This makes `math.pow` consistent with the built-in `pow` (and the `**` operator) for this particular special case, and brings the `math.pow` special-case handling into compliance with IEEE 754.
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Mark Dickinson 2021-06-12 10:23:02 +01:00 committed by GitHub
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@ -2810,8 +2810,6 @@ math_pow_impl(PyObject *module, double x, double y)
r = y;
else if (y < 0. && fabs(x) < 1.0) {
r = -y; /* result is +inf */
if (x == 0.) /* 0**-inf: divide-by-zero */
errno = EDOM;
}
else
r = 0.;