gh-119594: Improve pow(fraction.Fraction(), b, modulo) error message (#119593)

If one calls pow(fractions.Fraction, x, module) with modulo not None, the error message now says that the types are incompatible rather than saying pow only takes 2 arguments.  Implemented by having fractions.Fraction __pow__ accept optional modulo argument and return NotImplemented if not None.  pow() then raises with appropriate message.
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Co-authored-by: Mark Dickinson <[email protected]>

Author: wimglenn

Lib/fractions.py

@@ -848,14 +848,16 @@ def _mod(a, b):
 
     __mod__, __rmod__ = _operator_fallbacks(_mod, operator.mod, False)
 
-    def __pow__(a, b):
+    def __pow__(a, b, modulo=None):
         """a ** b
 
         If b is not an integer, the result will be a float or complex
         since roots are generally irrational. If b is an integer, the
         result will be rational.
 
         """
+        if modulo is not None:
+            return NotImplemented
         if isinstance(b, numbers.Rational):
             if b.denominator == 1:
                 power = b.numerator

Lib/test/test_fractions.py

@@ -1633,6 +1633,12 @@ def test_complex_handling(self):
                                  message % ("divmod()", "complex", "Fraction"),
                                  divmod, b, a)
 
+    def test_three_argument_pow(self):
+        message = "unsupported operand type(s) for ** or pow(): '%s', '%s', '%s'"
+        self.assertRaisesMessage(TypeError,
+                                 message % ("Fraction", "int", "int"),
+                                 pow, F(3), 4, 5)
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-05-26-22-22-51.gh-issue-119594.fnQNM8.rst

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+If one calls pow(fractions.Fraction, x, module) with modulo not None, the error message now says that the types are incompatible rather than saying pow only takes 2 arguments. Patch by Wim Jeantine-Glenn and Mark Dickinson.