3.4. Exponentiation
Binary ** is
the exponentiation operator. Note that it binds even more tightly
than unary minus, so -2**4 is
-(2**4), not (-2)**4. The
operator is implemented using C's pow(3)
function, which works with floating-point numbers internally. It
calculates using logarithms, which means that it works with fractional
powers, but you sometimes get results that aren't as exact as a
straight multiplication would produce.
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