https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/ffa7d82a04254491b91f41cc0de04b490bab1dc6 commit: ffa7d82a04254491b91f41cc0de04b490bab1dc6 branch: 3.13 author: Miss Islington (bot) <[email protected]> committer: erlend-aasland <[email protected]> date: 2024-06-07T10:03:06Z summary:
[3.13] gh-110383: Clarify "non-integral" wording in pow() docs (GH-119688) (#120206) (cherry picked from commit 6646a9da26d12fc54263b22dd2916a2f710f1db7) Co-authored-by: Aditya Borikar <[email protected]> files: M Doc/library/functions.rst diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst index c07b1043afe627..b75b6dfc315164 100644 --- a/Doc/library/functions.rst +++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst @@ -1558,7 +1558,9 @@ 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 _______________________________________________ Python-checkins mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-checkins.python.org/ Member address: [email protected]
