[Python-Dev] Why is nb_inplace_power ternary?

[Greg Ewing]

Martin v. Löwis wrote:
> Greg Ewing schrieb:
> 
>> Might we want to add an in-place version of the 3-arg
>> pow() function one day?
> 
> What could the syntax for that be?

It wouldn't be a syntax, just a function, e.g.

    ipow(x, n, 10)

> Also, it would break existing __ipow__ implementations
> that only receive two arguments

You could consider them broken already, since the
signature clearly implies that there could be a
third argument. The fact that it's not currently
used is no excuse. :-)

--
Greg