power() [2/2]

ring_elem RingZZ::power ( const ring_elem f, mpz_srcptr n ) const

virtual

Exponentiation. This is the default function, if a class doesn't define this.

Reimplemented from Ring.

Definition at line 287 of file ZZ.cpp.

{
  std::pair<bool, int> n1 = RingZZ::get_si(n);
  if (n1.first)
    return power(f, n1.second);
  else
    throw exc::engine_error("exponent too large");
}

References get_si(), and power().

Referenced by power().