[issue35431] Add a function for computing binomial coefficients to the math module

[Tim Peters]

Tim Peters <tim at python.org> added the comment:

Please resist pointless feature creep.  The original report was about comb(n, k) for integer n and k with 0 <= k <= n and that's all.  Everyone who commented appeared to agree they'd find that useful.

But nobody has said they'd find generalizing beyond those constraints USEFUL, or that they'd find perm(n, k) USEFUL.  They just pointed out that such things are possible.

Every bit of new API implies eternal maintenance, porting, testing, doc, and conceptual costs.  So please stick to what's (at least nearly) universally agreed to be useful.  Complications can be added later if there turns out to be real demand for them.

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