https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/6646a9da26d12fc54263b22dd2916a2f710f1db7
commit: 6646a9da26d12fc54263b22dd2916a2f710f1db7
branch: main
author: Aditya Borikar <[email protected]>
committer: erlend-aasland <[email protected]>
date: 2024-06-07T11:44:42+02:00
summary:
gh-110383: Clarify "non-integral" wording in pow() docs (#119688)
files:
M Doc/library/functions.rst
diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst
index 4617767a71be18..1d82f92ea67857 100644
--- a/Doc/library/functions.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst
@@ -1561,7 +1561,9 @@ are always available. They are listed here in
alphabetical order.
returns ``100``, but ``pow(10, -2)`` returns ``0.01``. For a negative base
of
type :class:`int` or :class:`float` and a non-integral exponent, a complex
result is delivered. For example, ``pow(-9, 0.5)`` returns a value close
- to ``3j``.
+ to ``3j``. Whereas, for a negative base of type :class:`int` or
:class:`float`
+ with an integral exponent, a float result is delivered. For example,
+ ``pow(-9, 2.0)`` returns ``81.0``.
For :class:`int` operands *base* and *exp*, if *mod* is present, *mod* must
also be of integer type and *mod* must be nonzero. If *mod* is present and
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