[Python-Dev] Why is nb_inplace_power ternary? (original) (raw)
Thomas Wouters thomas at python.org
Wed Feb 14 16:30:19 CET 2007
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The same way += et al. are in-place: it would ask 'x' to modify itself, if it can. If not, no harm done. (It would be called as 'x = ipow(x, n, 10)' of course, just like 'x += n' is really 'x = x.iadd(n)')
On 2/10/07, "Martin v. Löwis" <martin at v.loewis.de> wrote:
Greg Ewing schrieb: >> What could the syntax for that be? > > It wouldn't be a syntax, just a function, e.g. > > ipow(x, n, 10) In what way would that be inplace? A function cannot rebind the variables it gets as parameters. Regards, Martin
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