Req #71467 [NEW]: -2 **2 = -4

From: public at grik dot net Operating system: unrelated PHP version: 7.0.3RC1 Package: PHP Language Specification Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description:-2 **2 = -4 Description: ------------ In 5.6 the operator ** appeared, but its behavior is very unexpected. echo -2 ** 2; gives -4 Test script: --------------- echo -2 ** 2; Expected result: ---------------- 4 Actual result: -------------- -4 -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=71467&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71467&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71467&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71467&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71467&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71467&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71467&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71467&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71467&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71467&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71467&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71467&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71467&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71467&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71467&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71467&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71467&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71467&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71467&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71467&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71467&r=mysqlcfg