Re: [boost] [xint] Design Question

Subject: Re: [boost] [xint] Design Question
From: Chad Nelson (chad.thecomfychair_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-07-09 10:20:31

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On 10-07-09 02:27 AM, OvermindDL1 wrote:

>> Working on this option now. After looking at it, removing the
>> binary operator- seems rather harsh... if you know that a number is
>> larger than what you're subtracting from it, it would just be
>> irritating. But I'll definitely add the absdiff function (maybe
>> named "difference"?), then the developer using the library can
>> decide which to use for himself.
> 
> Why not just go the simple route and define it as "undefined 
> behaviour", then just pretend they will never get a negative number 
> and let your math functions choke on it as they wish, making invalid 
> values, dividing by zero, whatever, it is "undefined behaviour"
> after all.

For something as simple and common as subtraction, that seems rather
harsh too. But in any case, the problem is solved; when you declare an
integer to be unsigned, you also have to tell it how to handle
operations that result in negative numbers.
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Chad Nelson
Oak Circle Software, Inc.
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