[Gambas-user] Should Gambas detect integer overflow?

[Christof Thalhofer]

Am 04.12.22 um 20:33 schrieb Benoit Minisini:

> So, I wonder if Gambas should raise an error if an integer overflow is
> detected (when doing an integer +, - or *)?
> 
> Note that the change is not backward compatible for program that
> explicitly rely on the undefined behaviour of overflow arithmetic in C.
> Which is not a good idea anyway...
> 
> What do you think?

I think yes. Because not everyone who programs in Gambas is aware of the 
underlying problem that integers can overflow.

I have to admit that I also almost never think about it when using 
integer or long variables.

Alles Gute

Christof Thalhofer

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