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Re: Constexpr evaluation of heavy stuff

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Date Tue, 24 May 2022 05:37:38 -0700
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"Alf P. Steinbach" <alf.p.steinbach@gmail.com> writes:

[...]

> I gather that that reality is very much part of why the language
> designer Bjarne Stroustrup says it's OK with that apparent/alleged
> range waste, and a mistake to use unsigned for sizes.  For example,
> Bjarne is one of the three main authors of the C++ Core Guidelines
> that recommends signed types for numbers.  He's even written a paper
> titled "Subscripts and sizes should be signed", available at <url:
> https://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2019/p1428r0.pdf>;
> please read it.

I saw this essay several years ago (probably because someone
posted a link to it in the newsgroup here).  After seeing this
comment I got a fresh copy and re-read it, perhaps a bit more
carefully than my first reading.  Even with a fresh second look,
I still don't find it convincing.

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Constexpr evaluation of heavy stuff Andrey Tarasevich <andreytarasevich@hotmail.com> - 2022-05-18 16:17 -0700
  Re: Constexpr evaluation of heavy stuff "Alf P. Steinbach" <alf.p.steinbach@gmail.com> - 2022-05-19 09:19 +0200
    Re: Constexpr evaluation of heavy stuff David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2022-05-19 11:59 +0200
      Re: Constexpr evaluation of heavy stuff "Alf P. Steinbach" <alf.p.steinbach@gmail.com> - 2022-05-19 12:37 +0200
        Re: Constexpr evaluation of heavy stuff David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2022-05-19 14:49 +0200
          Re: Constexpr evaluation of heavy stuff Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2022-05-19 06:19 -0700
            Re: Constexpr evaluation of heavy stuff Paavo Helde <eesnimi@osa.pri.ee> - 2022-05-19 20:32 +0300
              Re: Constexpr evaluation of heavy stuff Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2022-05-20 01:12 -0700
                Re: Constexpr evaluation of heavy stuff Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-05-20 08:37 +0000
                Re: Constexpr evaluation of heavy stuff Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2022-05-20 02:21 -0700
                Re: Constexpr evaluation of heavy stuff Ben <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-05-20 11:25 +0100
                Re: Constexpr evaluation of heavy stuff David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2022-05-20 12:47 +0200
                Re: Constexpr evaluation of heavy stuff Ben <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-05-20 12:13 +0100
                Re: Constexpr evaluation of heavy stuff David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2022-05-20 14:27 +0200
                Re: Constexpr evaluation of heavy stuff Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2022-05-20 06:33 -0700
                Re: Constexpr evaluation of heavy stuff Paavo Helde <eesnimi@osa.pri.ee> - 2022-05-20 17:15 +0300
                Re: Constexpr evaluation of heavy stuff Christian Gollwitzer <auriocus@gmx.de> - 2022-05-20 18:57 +0200
                Re: Constexpr evaluation of heavy stuff Paavo Helde <eesnimi@osa.pri.ee> - 2022-05-20 22:31 +0300
                Re: Constexpr evaluation of heavy stuff Manfred <noname@add.invalid> - 2022-05-21 21:56 +0200
                Re: Constexpr evaluation of heavy stuff Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2022-05-21 23:24 -0700
                Re: Constexpr evaluation of heavy stuff Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2022-05-22 04:56 -0700
                Re: Constexpr evaluation of heavy stuff Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2022-05-22 06:15 -0700
                Re: Constexpr evaluation of heavy stuff Manfred <noname@add.invalid> - 2022-05-22 21:46 +0200
                Re: Constexpr evaluation of heavy stuff "Alf P. Steinbach" <alf.p.steinbach@gmail.com> - 2022-05-22 23:23 +0200
                Re: Constexpr evaluation of heavy stuff Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2022-05-22 16:26 -0700
                Re: Constexpr evaluation of heavy stuff Manfred <noname@add.invalid> - 2022-05-23 17:24 +0200
                Re: Constexpr evaluation of heavy stuff Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2022-05-23 19:41 -0400
                Re: Constexpr evaluation of heavy stuff scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2022-05-24 16:15 +0000
                Re: Constexpr evaluation of heavy stuff Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2022-05-24 05:37 -0700
                Re: Constexpr evaluation of heavy stuff Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2022-05-20 04:19 -0700
                Re: Constexpr evaluation of heavy stuff Ben <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-05-20 12:32 +0100
                Re: Constexpr evaluation of heavy stuff Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-05-20 10:40 +0000
                Re: Constexpr evaluation of heavy stuff David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2022-05-20 12:31 +0200
                Re: Constexpr evaluation of heavy stuff Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-05-20 10:43 +0000
                Re: Constexpr evaluation of heavy stuff David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2022-05-20 14:52 +0200
          Re: Constexpr evaluation of heavy stuff "Alf P. Steinbach" <alf.p.steinbach@gmail.com> - 2022-05-19 15:34 +0200
    Re: Constexpr evaluation of heavy stuff "Alf P. Steinbach" <alf.p.steinbach@gmail.com> - 2022-05-19 17:03 +0200
  Re: Constexpr evaluation of heavy stuff Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2022-05-19 08:53 -0700
    Re: Constexpr evaluation of heavy stuff Marcel Mueller <news.5.maazl@spamgourmet.org> - 2022-05-19 18:33 +0200

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