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authorSerhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com>2021-09-28 20:40:57 (GMT)
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[docs] Improve the markup of powers (GH-28598)
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@@ -1345,8 +1345,8 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order.
coercion rules for binary arithmetic operators apply. For :class:`int`
operands, the result has the same type as the operands (after coercion)
unless the second argument is negative; in that case, all arguments are
- converted to float and a float result is delivered. For example, ``10**2``
- returns ``100``, but ``10**-2`` returns ``0.01``.
+ converted to float and a float result is delivered. For example, ``pow(10, 2)``
+ returns ``100``, but ``pow(10, -2)`` returns ``0.01``.
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