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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: power operator (again)
From: rasmus@lerdorf.com (Rasmus Lerdorf)

Tjerk, I hadn't noticed this part of your patch before.

https://github.com/datibbaw/php-src/commit/f60b98cf7a8371233d800a6faa286ddba4432d02

I don't think this is necessary and it looks odd having pow as a
language construct. There is nothing wrong with having pow() as a
regular legacy function here.

Without this piece I think adding ** is a good idea.

-Rasmus