Exponential function math.exp and cmath.exp

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Both the math and cmath-module contain the Euler number: e and using it with the builtin pow()-function or **-operator works mostly like math.exp():

import math

math.e ** 2  # 7.3890560989306495
math.exp(2)  # 7.38905609893065

import cmath
cmath.e ** 2 # 7.3890560989306495
cmath.exp(2) # (7.38905609893065+0j)

However the result is different and using the exponential function directly is more reliable than builtin exponentiation with base math.e:

print(math.e ** 10)       # 22026.465794806703
print(math.exp(10))       # 22026.465794806718
print(cmath.exp(10).real) # 22026.465794806718
#     difference starts here ---------------^

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