[issue40446] pow(a, b, p) where b=int((p-1)/2) spits out gibbrish for big p

[Ammar Askar]

Ammar Askar <ammar at ammaraskar.com> added the comment:

And just to add on, the reason this gives you the correct result in Python 2 is that `/` performs integer division whereas in Python 3 the `/` operator provides a float as a result.

See https://docs.python.org/3/howto/pyporting.html#division for more details.

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nosy: +ammar2
resolution:  -> fixed
stage:  -> resolved
status: open -> closed

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