why in the world doesn't kotlin have a `pow` funct...

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[Hullaballoonatic]

why in the world doesn't kotlin have a pow function for Int? Am I an idiot that I can't see it or don't know why?

[Pavlo Liapota]

https://kotlinlang.slack.com/archives/C0B8Q383C/p1537916041000100?thread_ts=1537535204.000100&cid=C0B8Q383C

[Hullaballoonatic]

thank you. i considered that, but then there's just so much to programming that requires the programmer to be responsible. throw literally anything for overflow, and the community should know the dangers of overflow.