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Subject: Re: [boost] Current Guidance on Compiler Warnings?
From: Emil Dotchevski (emildotchevski_at_[hidden])
Date: 2018-11-27 20:10:48


On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 11:59 AM Andrey Semashev via Boost <
boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> Having the wrap semantics would be useful, at least for being able to
> portably detect an overflow. That ability alone allows to implement
> whatever other behavior you might need. OTOH, having overflow undefined
> doesn't allow you to do anything with it.

You are right, there are real, tangible benefits to using languages that
define behavior for all operations. Nobody is arguing otherwise.


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