I know this is an old fork to an even older translation, but I will list issues and reject, anyone wanting to fix can do so on a fork.

• New test framework should be used
• Since JS allows **, probably Python should allow it too
• Anticheat is very very weak. It doesnt even prevent from math import pow. For an 8kyu it doesnt need to be overly strong, but at least the basic ways of importing math should be blocked

First of all, I was the one to answer you earlier about prohibitting **, so I know it's your first translation. Secondly, after you said you were translating I sent a follow-up message about a PROPER anti-cheat which also prohibits the use of pow. Thirdly, I'm giving you a chance. I'm giving you a chance and I'll gladly approve this translation if you at least add random tests like this:

@test.describe("Random tests")
def random_tests():
  from random import randint
  a = randint(MINIMUM, MAXIMUM)    # MINIMUM and MAXIMUM are some numbers of your choice
  b = randint(MINIMUM, MAXIMUM)    # don't make "b" go below 0 as it is unhandled in this kata
  Test.assert_equals(power(a, b), a**b)

If you have a problem with it, please fork it instead of leaving unmotivating and non-constructive comments. It is really just unnecessary.
And for your information, this is my first translation and no one ( Including myself) expects it to be perfect.

This one seems easier than this other kata that disallows that operator: https://www.codewars.com/kata/power/train/javascript

The translation is just as bad as the kata is (it was approved by ZED? Unbelievable).

There're no random tests and the anticheat makes no difference (it's even worse than in JS as you can simply power = pow)...

Put the following code in the Preloaded section:

with open("/home/codewarrior/solution.txt", "r") as file:
    f = file.read()
    
    import re
    forbidden = re.findall(r'|'.join(map(r"\b{}\b".format, [
    "**",
    "pow",
    "ipow",
    "open",
    "builtins",
    "__getattribute__",
    "eval",
    "exec",
    "globals"])), f)
    Test.assert_equals(forbidden, [], "Using forbidden commands")

I'm not sure if this will be sufficient, but it blocks the most obvious ways to raise n to the power of m and acts as an ok anticheat.

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Python translation submitted :)

I'm actually just trying to translate one.
But thanks!

(You're asking in a wrong thread, it's feature requests, not content/site design)

By parsing the solution like this:

with open("/home/codewarrior/solution.txt", "r") as file:
    f = file.read()
    Test.assert_equals("**" in f, False, "You can't use '**'")

but this snippet will absolutely NOT suffice as an anticheat, and you'll have to ban other ways to raise a number to the power of n.

Apart from that, it's highly probable that you're working on a duplicate, so browse the katas before publishing anything.

@Phil157

I didn't even know that Donald was a moderator and what is gitter?

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How do I disable ** in python for a kata?
Thanks!