commit 69468146b4ed8a92d63b22c91db7c1832dd49a78
author Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> Sat Jul 20 10:56:58 2013 -0700
committer Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> Sat Jul 20 10:56:58 2013 -0700
tree 6a37d07c224a4647555326232e45925071409b55
parent f52d574481727e5a1020f4238b9f55fc9c67b185

Issue #18513: Add workaround for OS X 10.8 cexp bug that leads to wrong cmath.rect(0.0,-0.0) results.

Modules/cmathmodule.c

diff --git a/Modules/cmathmodule.c b/Modules/cmathmodule.c
index 0dc6bdb..5720678 100644
--- a/Modules/cmathmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/cmathmodule.c
@@ -1006,6 +1006,13 @@
         else
             errno = 0;
     }
+    else if (phi == 0.0) {
+        /* Workaround for buggy results with phi=-0.0 on OS X 10.8.  See
+           bugs.python.org/issue18513. */
+        z.real = r;
+        z.imag = r * phi;
+        errno = 0;
+    }
     else {
         z.real = r * cos(phi);
         z.imag = r * sin(phi);