Error in representation of complex numbers

[rhettinger]

BPO	1013908
Nosy	@loewis, @rhettinger

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closed_at = <Date 2004-08-22.21:10:01.000>
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labels = ['interpreter-core']
title = 'Error in representation of complex numbers'
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[rhettinger]

>>> 1-2j
(1+-2j)

This was introduced in Objects/complexobject.c 2.71
checked in by MvL on June 8, 2004. It is causing the
doctests to fail on some of my apps.

Recommend introducing an alternate path when the
imaginary component is negative.

[loewis]

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Fixed in

test_complex.py 1.15
complexobject.c 2.72