Does GMPY2 (or GMP) have a pow() function?

gmp, gmpy, python

Solution

Just use Python's standard `pow()` function or the exponentiation `**` operator. GMPY2's `mpz` type overloads all the standard special methods so you should just be able to use standard Python commands.

For example:

>>> from gmpy2 import mpz
>>> pow(mpz(3),7)
mpz(2187)
>>> pow(mpz(3),7,13)
mpz(3)
>>> mpz(3)**7
mpz(2187)
>>>

The same holds true for divmod(), etc.

Problem

GMPY2 (or GMP) has a `powmod` function but I can't find anything for regular exponentiation aside from python's native `pow`. Does a function like this exist for `mpz` integers?

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