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changeset 82322:7d95a0aa6b5a 3.2

#15438: add a note to math.pow() that suggests using **/pow() for integers. Patch by Mark Dickinson. [#15438]

Ezio Melotti ezio.melotti@gmail.com
date	Sat, 23 Feb 2013 04:53:44 +0200
parents	82343bbf8868
children	a305901366a6 329732a1572f
files	Doc/library/math.rst
diffstat	1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)[+] [-] Doc/library/math.rst 4

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--- a/Doc/library/math.rst +++ b/Doc/library/math.rst @@ -202,6 +202,10 @@ Power and logarithmic functions x is negative, and y is not an integer then pow(x, y) is undefined, and raises :exc:ValueError.

Unlike the built-in ** operator, :func:math.pow converts both
its arguments to type :class:float. Use ** or the built-in
:func:pow function for computing exact integer powers. +

.. function:: sqrt(x)