@function bc-util-power($x, $n) {
  $ret: 1;

  @if $n >= 0 {
    @for $i from 1 through $n {
      $ret: $ret * $x;
    }
  } @else {
    @for $i from $n to 0 {
      $ret: $ret / $x;
    }
  }

  @return $ret;
}