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bpo-44344: Document that pow can return a complex number for non-complex inputs. (GH-27853) (GH-29134)
Co-authored-by: Łukasz Langa <lukasz@langa.pl>
(cherry picked from commit 887a55705bb6c05a507c2886c9978a9e0cff0dd7)
Co-authored-by: Mark Dickinson <mdickinson@enthought.com>
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diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst index b17ca69760..942ad6fab8 100644 --- a/Doc/library/functions.rst +++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst @@ -1299,7 +1299,10 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order. 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, ``pow(10, 2)`` - returns ``100``, but ``pow(10, -2)`` returns ``0.01``. + returns ``100``, but ``pow(10, -2)`` returns ``0.01``. For a negative base of + type :class:`int` or :class:`float` and a non-integral exponent, a complex + result is delivered. For example, ``pow(-9, 0.5)`` returns a value close + to ``3j``. 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 |