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Re: Range-aware modulo operator -%

From Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk>
Newsgroups comp.lang.c, comp.lang.c++
Subject Re: Range-aware modulo operator -%
Date 2018-12-28 04:20 +0000
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <87bm56wacw.fsf@bsb.me.uk> (permalink)
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Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> writes:

> On Fri, 28 Dec 2018 03:05:43 +0000, Ben Bacarisse
> <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> wrote:
>
>>"Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> I think C/C++ needs to have a range-aware modulo operator that will
>>> continue ranging properly when it encounters negative values.
>>
>>It's just the modulus operator.  I don't think there's a need for
>>another name, but 'range-aware' seems like an odd suggestion.
>>
>>Modern C's % is the remainder operator defined to complement C's integer
>>division: (a/b)*b + a%b = a.  (This was not guaranteed in C90.)
>
> I think that's wrong.

So do I!

> C89/90 did guarantee that relationship, but did
> not guarantee the sign of the reminder.

Yes, I was remembering the wrong difference.  Thanks.

<snip>
-- 
Ben.

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Range-aware modulo operator -% "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2018-12-27 21:09 -0500
  Re: Range-aware modulo operator -% Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2018-12-27 21:34 -0500
    Re: Range-aware modulo operator -% "Alf P. Steinbach" <alf.p.steinbach+usenet@gmail.com> - 2018-12-28 05:37 +0100
    Re: Range-aware modulo operator -% James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2018-12-29 16:04 -0500
      Re: Range-aware modulo operator -% Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2018-12-29 19:13 -0500
  Re: Range-aware modulo operator -% Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2018-12-28 03:05 +0000
    Re: Range-aware modulo operator -% Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2018-12-27 21:31 -0600
      Re: Range-aware modulo operator -% Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2018-12-28 04:20 +0000
    Re: Range-aware modulo operator -% James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2018-12-27 19:32 -0800
      Re: Range-aware modulo operator -% Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2018-12-28 04:18 +0000
  Re: Range-aware modulo operator -% Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-12-28 12:29 +0000
    Re: Range-aware modulo operator -% "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2018-12-28 08:10 -0500
      Re: Range-aware modulo operator -% Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2018-12-28 10:25 -0500
        Re: Range-aware modulo operator -% Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-12-28 15:56 +0000
          Re: Range-aware modulo operator -% Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2018-12-28 17:26 -0500
            Re: Range-aware modulo operator -% Sjouke Burry <burrynulnulfour@ppllaanneett.nnll> - 2018-12-28 23:45 +0100
        Re: Range-aware modulo operator -% "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2018-12-28 11:44 -0500
        Re: Range-aware modulo operator -% "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2018-12-28 12:16 -0500
          Re: Range-aware modulo operator -% Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2018-12-28 17:08 -0500
            Re: Range-aware modulo operator -% Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2018-12-28 15:01 -0800
            Re: Range-aware modulo operator -% "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2018-12-31 09:04 -0500
              Re: Range-aware modulo operator -% Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-12-31 18:07 +0000
                Re: Range-aware modulo operator -% "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2018-12-31 14:22 -0500
                Re: Range-aware modulo operator -% Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-12-31 21:05 +0000
                Re: Range-aware modulo operator -% "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2018-12-31 16:32 -0500
                Re: Range-aware modulo operator -% Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-12-31 23:43 +0000
                Re: Range-aware modulo operator -% Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2018-12-31 16:44 -0800
                Re: Range-aware modulo operator -% Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2019-01-01 01:06 +0000
                Re: Range-aware modulo operator -% Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2018-12-31 19:06 -0800
                Re: Range-aware modulo operator -% Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2019-01-01 11:32 +0000
                Re: Range-aware modulo operator -% Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2019-01-01 12:48 -0800
                Re: Range-aware modulo operator -% Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2019-01-01 23:54 +0000
                Re: Range-aware modulo operator -% Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2019-01-01 16:09 -0800
                Re: Range-aware modulo operator -% Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2019-01-02 00:49 +0000
                Re: Range-aware modulo operator -% Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2019-01-01 17:53 -0800
                Re: Range-aware modulo operator -% Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2019-01-02 02:36 +0000
                Leader Kiki is not going to like this... (Was: Range-aware modulo operator -%) gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2019-01-02 08:36 +0000
                Re: Range-aware modulo operator -% Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2019-01-02 00:38 -0800
                Re: Range-aware modulo operator -% rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2019-01-01 22:40 -0700
                Re: Range-aware modulo operator -% Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2019-01-02 12:12 +0000
                Re: Range-aware modulo operator -% gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2019-01-01 01:53 +0000
                Re: Range-aware modulo operator -% Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2018-12-31 16:57 -0500
                Re: Range-aware modulo operator -% Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-12-31 22:33 +0000
                Re: Range-aware modulo operator -% Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2018-12-31 13:34 -0800
                Re: Range-aware modulo operator -% Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2018-12-31 16:43 -0500
                Re: Range-aware modulo operator -% Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2018-12-31 15:20 -0800
  Re: Range-aware modulo operator -% Eduardo <abdulai60@gmail.com> - 2018-12-28 07:18 -0800
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