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Task/Exponentiation-operator/Python/exponentiation-operator.py

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+MULTIPLY = lambda x, y: x*y
+
+class num(float):
+    # the following method has complexity O(b)
+    # rather than O(log b) via the rapid exponentiation
+    def __pow__(self, b):
+        return reduce(MULTIPLY, [self]*b, 1)
+
+# works with ints as function or operator
+print num(2).__pow__(3)
+print num(2) ** 3
+
+# works with floats as function or operator
+print num(2.3).__pow__(8)
+print num(2.3) ** 8