Re: N3417: Proposal for Unbounded-Precision Integer Types

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On 4/16/2013 2:41 PM, Helmut Zeisel wrote:
> What should be the result of unsigned_integer(-1) ?
>
> Helmut
>
>

The desire to remove unsigned_integer from the proposal. :)

While I can appreciate the desire for symmetry with the limited
precision integers, that symmetry is going to be broken with unlimited
precision integers. I personally would rather see unsigned_integer be a
special case of a more general bounded integer proposal. One where the
programmer could specify an arbitrary upper and lower bound.

Martin Shobe

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N3417: Proposal for Unbounded-Precision Integer Types Helmut Zeisel <zei2011@liwest.at> - 2013-04-16 12:41 -0700
  Re: N3417: Proposal for Unbounded-Precision Integer Types Martin Shobe <martin.shobe@travelport.com> - 2013-04-18 10:09 -0600
  Re: N3417: Proposal for Unbounded-Precision Integer Types Pete Becker <pete@versatilecoding.com> - 2013-04-18 10:08 -0600
    Re: N3417: Proposal for Unbounded-Precision Integer Types rkadeFR <contact@rkade.fr> - 2013-04-19 08:12 -0700
    Re: N3417: Proposal for Unbounded-Precision Integer Types Pete Becker <pete@versatilecoding.com> - 2013-04-20 05:19 -0700

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