[Python-checkins] r78312 - python/trunk/Doc/library/decimal.rst

[mark.dickinson]

Author: mark.dickinson
Date: Mon Feb 22 16:40:28 2010
New Revision: 78312

Log:
Clarify description of three-argument pow for Decimal types:  the exponent of the result is always 0.

Modified:
   python/trunk/Doc/library/decimal.rst

Modified: python/trunk/Doc/library/decimal.rst
==============================================================================
--- python/trunk/Doc/library/decimal.rst	(original)
+++ python/trunk/Doc/library/decimal.rst	Mon Feb 22 16:40:28 2010
@@ -1321,9 +1321,12 @@
          - at least one of ``x`` or ``y`` must be nonzero
          - ``modulo`` must be nonzero and have at most 'precision' digits
 
-      The result of ``Context.power(x, y, modulo)`` is identical to the result
-      that would be obtained by computing ``(x**y) % modulo`` with unbounded
-      precision, but is computed more efficiently.  It is always exact.
+      The value resulting from ``Context.power(x, y, modulo)`` is
+      equal to the value that would be obtained by computing ``(x**y)
+      % modulo`` with unbounded precision, but is computed more
+      efficiently.  The exponent of the result is zero, regardless of
+      the exponents of ``x``, ``y`` and ``modulo``.  The result is
+      always exact.
 
       .. versionchanged:: 2.6
          ``y`` may now be nonintegral in ``x**y``.