issue 7006 - std.math.pow (integral, integral) crashes on negative exponents

[Timon Gehr]

On 16.12.19 13:25, Johannes Loher wrote:
> I admit that Timon’s explanations sounded a bit harsh

I reported an obvious issue. It's really a no-brainer, but some people 
somehow feel the need to intervene and argue in favour of the trivially 
wrong behavior (this is an issue of basic arithmetic), calling my 
precious code nonsensical or trying to argue that I must not be aware 
that built-in integer types have finite precision, etc.

I think a bit of harshness is well-justified, as if those people had 
spent just 5 to 10 minutes actually thinking, they wouldn't find 
themselves on the wrong side of this argument and wouldn't feel the need 
to further defend an opinion born out of some strange irrational bias.