Christoph Zwerschke wrote: >>http://docs.python.org/lib/typesnumeric.html > > You're right, it's mentioned there in section 2.3.4, but the explanation > of pow() is already in section 2.1 prior to that. > > So it would be nice if the paragraph explaining pow() would mention that > you can also write x**y for pow(x,y). And/or the example given in the > paragraph should say pow(10,2) instead of 10**2. Otherwise it's a bit > confusing for somebody who reads in chronological order and doesn't know > about the ** syntax (many other languages write x^y instead of x**y).
The way to make this change happen is to submit a bug report with your suggested change. See the link at the bottom of the above page to find out how. Kent -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
