question about math module notation

[Dan Bishop]

On Jul 26, 3:59 pm, Paul Rubin <http://phr...@NOSPAM.invalid> wrote:
> brad <byte8b... at gmail.com> writes:
> > Ah yes, that works too... thanks. I've settled on doing it this way:
> > print int(math.pow(2,64))
> > I like the added parenthesis :)
>
> I was surprised to find that gives an exact (integer, not
> floating-point) answer.  Still, I think it's better to say 2**64
> which also works for (e.g.) 2**10000 where math.pow(2,10000)
> raises an exception.

It *is* binary floating point.  Powers of 2 are exactly
representable.  Of course, it doesn't give an exact answer in general.

>>> int(math.pow(10, 23))
99999999999999991611392L