Re: [boost] [histogram] should some_axis::size() return unsigned or int?

Subject: Re: [boost] [histogram] should some_axis::size() return unsigned or int?
From: Brook Milligan (brook_at_[hidden])
Date: 2018-12-04 03:27:34

> On Dec 3, 2018, at 10:08 PM, Hans Dembinski <hans.dembinski_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> 
> I am aware of the Boost operators library, but it is good that you remind me. If I allow my size_type to be implicitly convertible to int, I do not even have so many operators to implement. Implicit conversions are often bad, but it may be ok here.

Is this discussion moving in the direction of a safe_unsigned<T> type, i.e., unsigned without modulo arithmetic?  I can't recall if Robert Ramey's safe_numerics library does that, but that might be useful.

Cheers,
Brook