[Python-checkins] r59774 - python/trunk/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst

[georg.brandl]

Author: georg.brandl
Date: Sun Jan  6 16:41:50 2008
New Revision: 59774

Modified:
   python/trunk/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
Log:
#1501: document that 0**0 == 1.


Modified: python/trunk/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
==============================================================================
--- python/trunk/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst	(original)
+++ python/trunk/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst	Sun Jan  6 16:41:50 2008
@@ -311,9 +311,9 @@
 +--------------------+---------------------------------+--------+
 | ``divmod(x, y)``   | the pair ``(x // y, x % y)``    | (3)(4) |
 +--------------------+---------------------------------+--------+
-| ``pow(x, y)``      | *x* to the power *y*            | \(3)   |
+| ``pow(x, y)``      | *x* to the power *y*            | (3)(7) |
 +--------------------+---------------------------------+--------+
-| ``x ** y``         | *x* to the power *y*            |        |
+| ``x ** y``         | *x* to the power *y*            | \(7)   |
 +--------------------+---------------------------------+--------+
 
 .. index::
@@ -366,6 +366,10 @@
    
    .. versionadded:: 2.6
 
+(7)
+   Python defines ``pow(0, 0)`` and ``0 ** 0`` to be ``1``, as is common for
+   programming languages.
+
 All :class:`numbers.Real` types (:class:`int`, :class:`long`, and
 :class:`float`) also include the following operations: