it's a serious question: why does the builtin pow function exist? for two argument pow we've got **. there's no add() for + or mul() for *....
and three argument pow-with-modulo seems like specilaist usage that belongs in the standard lib, not in the core. I know about crypto and number theory uses. are there others? it's obviously useful for something or else it would be slated for removal in python 3000, surely? Richard -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
