On 03/06/2012 10:05 PM, ixid wrote: > Ah, thank you, so it's wrapping. That seems like a bad idea, what is the > benefit to size being unsigned rather than signed? This case would seem > like one where allowing negatives is clearly better and more intuitive.
There are probably hundreds of discussions about that over the years on many different language newsgroups and forums. :) There is no clear winner: Both sides of the arguments seem to have good points.
Ali