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package body System.Exp_Mod is

   -----------------
   -- Exp_Modular --
   -----------------

   function Exp_Modular
     (Left    : Integer;
      Modulus : Integer;
      Right   : Natural)
      return    Integer
   is
      Result : Integer := 1;
      Factor : Integer := Left;
      Exp    : Natural := Right;

      function Mult (X, Y : Integer) return Integer;
      pragma Inline (Mult);
      --  Modular multiplication. Note that we can't take advantage of the
      --  compiler's circuit, because the modulus is not known statically.

      function Mult (X, Y : Integer) return Integer is
      begin
         return Integer
           (Long_Long_Integer (X) * Long_Long_Integer (Y)
             mod Long_Long_Integer (Modulus));
      end Mult;

   --  Start of processing for Exp_Modular

   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 the cases of 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
               Result := Mult (Result, Factor);
            end if;

            Exp := Exp / 2;
            exit when Exp = 0;
            Factor := Mult (Factor, Factor);
         end loop;
      end if;

      return Result;

   end Exp_Modular;

end System.Exp_Mod;