`Pow` trait/raise to power operator

language design
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I have a feeling, that at least some of the people objecting to ^^ and/or to **, may actually be objecting to the idea of having an exponentiation operator at all, but they feel they have to justify that objection with something about the syntax.

So let's have some polls. Vote your conscience, no justification required.

First: Should Rust add an exponentiation operator? No nuance.

  • Yes
  • No
0 voters

Second: If Rust were to add an exponentiation operator, it should be spelled...

  • ^^
  • **
  • ↑
  • Something else which I will mention in followups
0 voters
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