== Quote from Ellery Newcomer (ellery-newco...@utulsa.edu)'s article > On 02/15/2010 05:33 PM, Steven Schveighoffer wrote: > > > > i.e. > > > > uint a = -1; // error > I can't say I would appreciate having to write > uint a = 0xFFFFFFFF; > or the equivalent for ulong.
I always just use uint.max for such things. Yes, it's a little more typing, but it's clearer and saves me a few seconds of thinking.