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Subject: Re: [boost] [xint] Design Question
From: Chad Nelson (chad.thecomfychair_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-06-16 17:30:00


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On 06/16/2010 02:31 PM, vicente.botet wrote:

>> The problem is: what should the library do if the user asks for an
>> unsigned *non*-fixed-length integer? [...]
>
> What about making the difference between two unsigned integers a
> signed integer?

That sounds like a useful behavior, but if the developer using the
library says it should be an unsigned number, I don't think the library
should override that.
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Chad Nelson
Oak Circle Software, Inc.
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