path: root/common/math/exp.go

// Copyright 2016 The go-ethereum Authors
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package math

import (
    "math/big"

    "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
)

// wordSize is the size number of bits in a big.Int Word.
const wordSize = 32 << (uint64(^big.Word(0)) >> 63)

// Exp implement exponentiation by squaring algorithm.
//
// Courtesy @karalabe and @chfast
func Exp(base, exponent *big.Int) *big.Int {
    result := big.NewInt(1)

    for _, word := range exponent.Bits() {
        for i := 0; i < wordSize; i++ {
            if word&1 == 1 {
                common.U256(result.Mul(result, base))
            }
            common.U256(base.Mul(base, base))
            word >>= 1
        }
    }
    return result
}