Can you please turn off the exponentiation transform?

[steveluscher]

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Description of the problem

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The exponentiation transform in Babel makes it impossible to run code of the form 2n ** 10n. This gets transformed to Math.pow(2n, 10n), which is a runtime error.

I think this transform should now be turned off. It penalizes code that uses BigInt, while actually being of little use given the penetration of the exponentiation operator in modern browsers.

To Reproduce

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