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by duped 46 days ago
> The unsigned integers should not wrap by default.

What would you do instead?
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Mond_ 46 days ago
How about just panic? If a wrap happens and you don't expect it, it's almost always a severe bug.

Then, dedicated APIs for wrapping behavior where you expect it to happen.

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duped 46 days ago
Because it adds 4-6x overhead to all integer arithmetic
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