From cc46ce683df74eaf41ff0bcf7cf5e8a7b53f83c1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: araujoms <maltusan@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2024 22:16:24 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] add ^ for integer powers

---
 src/MultiFloats.jl | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/MultiFloats.jl b/src/MultiFloats.jl
index 8e075c6..258897a 100644
--- a/src/MultiFloats.jl
+++ b/src/MultiFloats.jl
@@ -1267,6 +1267,13 @@ end
 
 # TODO: MultiFloat-Int arithmetic operators.
 
+function Base.:(^)(x::_MF{T,N}, p::Integer) where {T,N}
+    if p >= 0
+        Base.power_by_squaring(x,p)
+    else
+        Base.power_by_squaring(inv(x),-p)
+    end
+end
 
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