[Python-Dev] Why is nb_inplace_power ternary?

[Greg Ewing]

Martin v. Löwis wrote:

> I think this would violate the policy that a mutating function shouldn't
> give the object being modified as the result

Well, it's a necessary violation, given the way the inplace
methods work. And it doesn't *necessarily* return the same
value, it might return a new object. So the return value
conveys useful information, unlike with list.sort() et al.

--
Greg