[Python-Dev] Why is nb_inplace_power ternary?

["Martin v. Löwis"]

Greg Ewing schrieb:
> Might we want to add an in-place version of the 3-arg
> pow() function one day? If so, leaving the third argument
> there could be useful.

What could the syntax for that be?

Instead of writing

x = pow(x, n, 10)

would you write

x pow n = 10

? or perhaps

x ** n = 10
or
x * n *= 10

Also, it would break existing __ipow__ implementations
that only receive two arguments (unless there would be
another __ method introduced).

Regards,
Martin