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function System.Expont (Left : Int; Right : Natural) return Int is

   --  Note that negative exponents get a constraint error because the
   --  subtype of the Right argument (the exponent) is Natural.

   Result : Int     := 1;
   Factor : Int     := Left;
   Exp    : Natural := Right;

begin
   --  We use the standard logarithmic approach, Exp gets shifted right
   --  testing successive low order bits and Factor is the value of the
   --  base raised to the next power of 2.

   --  Note: it is not worth special casing base values -1, 0, +1 since
   --  the expander does this when the base is a literal, and other cases
   --  will be extremely rare.

   if Exp /= 0 then
      loop
         if Exp rem 2 /= 0 then
            declare
               pragma Unsuppress (Overflow_Check);
            begin
               Result := Result * Factor;
            end;
         end if;

         Exp := Exp / 2;
         exit when Exp = 0;

         declare
            pragma Unsuppress (Overflow_Check);
         begin
            Factor := Factor * Factor;
         end;
      end loop;
   end if;

   return Result;
end System.Expont;