XOR (^) and POWER (**) in formula lead to surprising result

[SergeyKabantsov]

Bug report

Bug description:

print(3^2)
print(2**3 - 2)
print(3^2 + 2**3 - 2) # expected 7
assert 3^2 + 2**3 - 2 == (3^2) + (2**3 - 2) # expected OK

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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "main.py", line 4, in <module>
    assert 3^2 + 2**3 - 2 == (3^2) + (2**3 - 2)
AssertionError

CPython versions tested on:

3.13

Operating systems tested on:

Windows

[Harry-Lees]

This is expected behaviour, and due to order precendence. The + operator is more binding than the XOR (^) operator which is why 3^2 + 23 - 2 != (3^2) + (23 - 2). This is documented here