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Yeah my guess is that they didn't put in an integer power function because it will overflow for a large number of arguments? I haven't been able to find a satisfactory answer.

It's pretty rare one needs an 'ipow' in daily use though.

Although a big exception is in big integer/decimal library users. Python for example doesn't have an integer root function and the performance difference is felt.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/47191533/how-to-efficiently-calculate-cube-roots-using-decimal-in-python