(self, a, b, modulo=None)
Raises a to the power of b, to modulo if given.

        With two arguments, compute a**b.  If a is negative then b
        must be integral.  The result will be inexact unless b is
        integral and the result is finite and can be expressed exactly
        in 'precision' digits.

        With three arguments, compute (a**b) % modulo.  For the
        three argument form, the following restrictions on the
        arguments hold:

         - all three arguments must be integral
         - b must be nonnegative
         - at least one of a or b must be nonzero
         - modulo must be nonzero and have at most 'precision' digits

        The result of pow(a, b, modulo) is identical to the result
        that would be obtained by computing (a**b) % modulo with
        unbounded precision, but is computed more efficiently.  It is
        always exact.

        >>> c = ExtendedContext.copy()
        >>> c.Emin = -999
        >>> c.Emax = 999
        >>> c.power(Decimal('2'), Decimal('3'))
        Decimal('8')
        >>> c.power(Decimal('-2'), Decimal('3'))
        Decimal('-8')
        >>> c.power(Decimal('2'), Decimal('-3'))
        Decimal('0.125')
        >>> c.power(Decimal('1.7'), Decimal('8'))
        Decimal('69.7575744')
        >>> c.power(Decimal('10'), Decimal('0.301029996'))
        Decimal('2.00000000')
        >>> c.power(Decimal('Infinity'), Decimal('-1'))
        Decimal('0')
        >>> c.power(Decimal('Infinity'), Decimal('0'))
        Decimal('1')
        >>> c.power(Decimal('Infinity'), Decimal('1'))
        Decimal('Infinity')
        >>> c.power(Decimal('-Infinity'), Decimal('-1'))
        Decimal('-0')
        >>> c.power(Decimal('-Infinity'), Decimal('0'))
        Decimal('1')
        >>> c.power(Decimal('-Infinity'), Decimal('1'))
        Decimal('-Infinity')
        >>> c.power(Decimal('-Infinity'), Decimal('2'))
        Decimal('Infinity')
        >>> c.power(Decimal('0'), Decimal('0'))
        Decimal('NaN')

        >>> c.power(Decimal('3'), Decimal('7'), Decimal('16'))
        Decimal('11')
        >>> c.power(Decimal('-3'), Decimal('7'), Decimal('16'))
        Decimal('-11')
        >>> c.power(Decimal('-3'), Decimal('8'), Decimal('16'))
        Decimal('1')
        >>> c.power(Decimal('3'), Decimal('7'), Decimal('-16'))
        Decimal('11')
        >>> c.power(Decimal('23E12345'), Decimal('67E189'), Decimal('123456789'))
        Decimal('11729830')
        >>> c.power(Decimal('-0'), Decimal('17'), Decimal('1729'))
        Decimal('-0')
        >>> c.power(Decimal('-23'), Decimal('0'), Decimal('65537'))
        Decimal('1')
        >>> ExtendedContext.power(7, 7)
        Decimal('823543')
        >>> ExtendedContext.power(Decimal(7), 7)
        Decimal('823543')
        >>> ExtendedContext.power(7, Decimal(7), 2)
        Decimal('1')
Raises a to the power of b, to modulo if given.
Raises a to the power of b to modulo if given .
def power(self, a, b, modulo=None):
        """Raises a to the power of b, to modulo if given.

        With two arguments, compute a**b.  If a is negative then b
        must be integral.  The result will be inexact unless b is
        integral and the result is finite and can be expressed exactly
        in 'precision' digits.

        With three arguments, compute (a**b) % modulo.  For the
        three argument form, the following restrictions on the
        arguments hold:

         - all three arguments must be integral
         - b must be nonnegative
         - at least one of a or b must be nonzero
         - modulo must be nonzero and have at most 'precision' digits

        The result of pow(a, b, modulo) is identical to the result
        that would be obtained by computing (a**b) % modulo with
        unbounded precision, but is computed more efficiently.  It is
        always exact.

        >>> c = ExtendedContext.copy()
        >>> c.Emin = -999
        >>> c.Emax = 999
        >>> c.power(Decimal('2'), Decimal('3'))
        Decimal('8')
        >>> c.power(Decimal('-2'), Decimal('3'))
        Decimal('-8')
        >>> c.power(Decimal('2'), Decimal('-3'))
        Decimal('0.125')
        >>> c.power(Decimal('1.7'), Decimal('8'))
        Decimal('69.7575744')
        >>> c.power(Decimal('10'), Decimal('0.301029996'))
        Decimal('2.00000000')
        >>> c.power(Decimal('Infinity'), Decimal('-1'))
        Decimal('0')
        >>> c.power(Decimal('Infinity'), Decimal('0'))
        Decimal('1')
        >>> c.power(Decimal('Infinity'), Decimal('1'))
        Decimal('Infinity')
        >>> c.power(Decimal('-Infinity'), Decimal('-1'))
        Decimal('-0')
        >>> c.power(Decimal('-Infinity'), Decimal('0'))
        Decimal('1')
        >>> c.power(Decimal('-Infinity'), Decimal('1'))
        Decimal('-Infinity')
        >>> c.power(Decimal('-Infinity'), Decimal('2'))
        Decimal('Infinity')
        >>> c.power(Decimal('0'), Decimal('0'))
        Decimal('NaN')

        >>> c.power(Decimal('3'), Decimal('7'), Decimal('16'))
        Decimal('11')
        >>> c.power(Decimal('-3'), Decimal('7'), Decimal('16'))
        Decimal('-11')
        >>> c.power(Decimal('-3'), Decimal('8'), Decimal('16'))
        Decimal('1')
        >>> c.power(Decimal('3'), Decimal('7'), Decimal('-16'))
        Decimal('11')
        >>> c.power(Decimal('23E12345'), Decimal('67E189'), Decimal('123456789'))
        Decimal('11729830')
        >>> c.power(Decimal('-0'), Decimal('17'), Decimal('1729'))
        Decimal('-0')
        >>> c.power(Decimal('-23'), Decimal('0'), Decimal('65537'))
        Decimal('1')
        >>> ExtendedContext.power(7, 7)
        Decimal('823543')
        >>> ExtendedContext.power(Decimal(7), 7)
        Decimal('823543')
        >>> ExtendedContext.power(7, Decimal(7), 2)
        Decimal('1')
        """
        a = _convert_other(a, raiseit=True)
        r = a.__pow__(b, modulo, context=self)
        if r is NotImplemented:
            raise TypeError("Unable to convert %s to Decimal" % b)
        else:
            return r
def power ( self , a , b , modulo = None ) : a = _convert_other ( a , raiseit = True ) r = a . __pow__ ( b , modulo , context = self ) if r is NotImplemented : raise TypeError ( "Unable to convert %s to Decimal" % b ) else : return r