for loop doesn't execute

I've written a naive (only accepts integer exponents) power function for complex numbers (a home made class) using a simple for loop that multiplies the result for the original number n times:

C pow(C c, int e) {
    C res = 1;
    for (int i = 0; i==abs(e); ++i) res=res*c;
    return e > 0 ? res : static_cast<C>(1/res);
}

When I try to execute this, e.g.

C c(1,2);
cout << pow(c,3) << endl;

I always get 1, because the for loop doesn't execute (I checked). Here's the full code:

#include <cmath>
#include <stdexcept>
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
struct C {
    // a + bi in C forall a, b in R
    double a;
    double b;
    C() = default;
    C(double f, double i=0): a(f), b(i) {}
    C operator+(C c) {return C(a+c.a,b+c.b);}
    C operator-(C c) {return C(a-c.a,b-c.b);}
    C operator*(C c) {return C(a*c.a-b*c.b,a*c.b+c.a*b);}
    C operator/(C c) {return C((a*c.a+b*c.b)/(pow(c.a,2)+pow(c.b,2)),(b*c.a - a*c.b)/(pow(c.a,2)+pow(c.b,2)));}
    operator double(){ if(b == 0) 
                        return double(a);
                       else 
                        throw invalid_argument(
                        "can't convert a complex number with an imaginary part to a double");}
};
C pow(C c, int e) {
    C res = 1;
    for (int i = 0; i==abs(e); ++i) {
        res=res*c;
        // check wether the loop executes
        cout << res << endl;}
    return e > 0 ? res : static_cast<C>(1/res);
}

ostream &operator<<(ostream &o, C c) { return c.b ? cout << c.a << " + " << c.b << "i " : cout << c.a;}

int main() {
C c(1,2), d(-1,3), a;
        cout << c << "^3 = " << pow(c,3) << endl;}