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diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst index 3339c34..266611d 100644 --- a/Doc/library/functions.rst +++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst @@ -209,15 +209,15 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order. case, expression statements that evaluate to something else than ``None`` will be printed). - The optional arguments *flags* and *dont_inherit* (which are new in Python 2.2) - control which future statements (see :pep:`236`) affect the compilation of - *source*. If neither is present (or both are zero) the code is compiled with - those future statements that are in effect in the code that is calling compile. - If the *flags* argument is given and *dont_inherit* is not (or is zero) then the + The optional arguments *flags* and *dont_inherit* control which future + statements (see :pep:`236`) affect the compilation of *source*. If neither + is present (or both are zero) the code is compiled with those future + statements that are in effect in the code that is calling compile. If the + *flags* argument is given and *dont_inherit* is not (or is zero) then the future statements specified by the *flags* argument are used in addition to those that would be used anyway. If *dont_inherit* is a non-zero integer then - the *flags* argument is it -- the future statements in effect around the call to - compile are ignored. + the *flags* argument is it -- the future statements in effect around the call + to compile are ignored. Future statements are specified by bits which can be bitwise ORed together to specify multiple statements. The bitfield required to specify a given feature @@ -813,19 +813,14 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order. modulo *z* (computed more efficiently than ``pow(x, y) % z``). The two-argument form ``pow(x, y)`` is equivalent to using the power operator: ``x**y``. - The arguments must have numeric types. With mixed operand types, the 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``. (This last feature was added in Python 2.2. In - Python 2.1 and before, if both arguments were of integer types and the second - argument was negative, an exception was raised.) If the second argument is - negative, the third argument must be omitted. If *z* is present, *x* and *y* - must be of integer types, and *y* must be non-negative. (This restriction was - added in Python 2.2. In Python 2.1 and before, floating 3-argument ``pow()`` - returned platform-dependent results depending on floating-point rounding - accidents.) + The arguments must have numeric types. With mixed operand types, the + 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``. If the second argument is + negative, the third argument must be omitted. If *z* is present, *x* and *y* + must be of integer types, and *y* must be non-negative. .. function:: print([object, ...][, sep=' '][, end='\n'][, file=sys.stdout]) |