• Rednax@lemmy.world
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    17 hours ago

    Why the complicated if statements to check the sign? Just let the number overflow. Would be functionaly the same, and result in much prettier code.

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      17 hours ago

      That’s a platform dependent change. Overflow is undefined behavior. I’d rather have my code portable so it can run on my Univac 1101.