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Author andrea.bergamini
Recipients andrea.bergamini, ezio.melotti, mark.dickinson, serhiy.storchaka, skrah
Date 2012-07-24.12:18:41
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Ok, but math.pow IMPO has to be aligned to pow and built-in pow (**), otherwise this kind of "inaccuracies" can compromise the application behavior. I was using this funcion in a cryptographic mechanisms, and this issue resulted in a failure. 
Generally speaking, integer numbers should not be affected by inaccuracies. I mean, there's no floating point.
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2012-07-24 12:18:41andrea.bergaminisetrecipients: + andrea.bergamini, mark.dickinson, ezio.melotti, skrah, serhiy.storchaka
2012-07-24 12:18:41andrea.bergaminisetmessageid: <1343132321.86.0.164447322301.issue15438@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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