Why no math.pow()

Mojo
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Why is there no math.pow() function?

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The pow function should be uses as an overloaded method of the SIMD struct. However, if you really need a dedicated function for that, here is an unrecommended way to do so:

from builtin import simd

fn main() raises:
    var base = SIMD[DType.float32, 4](-3.0, -2.0, 2.0, 3.0)
    var exp = SIMD[DType.float32, 4](3.0, 3.0, 3.0, 3.0)
    var res = simd._powf(base, exp)
    print(res) # SIMD[DType.float32, 4](-27.0, -8.0, 8.0, 27.0)
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Where is the simd._powf() function documented?

Ah, now i see there is a builtin/math pow() function. For the sake of completeness, what about adding a similar function to the math package as well?