Am 22.01.2012, 08:23 Uhr, schrieb bcs <b...@example.com>:
On 01/21/2012 10:05 PM, Walter Bright wrote:
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3495283
and getting rid of unsigned types is not the solution to signed/unsigned
issues.
A quote from that link:
"There are many use cases for data types that behave like pure bit
strings with no concept of sign."
Why not recast the concept of unsigned integers as "bit vectors (that
happen to implement arithmetic)"? I've seen several sources claim that
uint (and friends) should never be used unless you are using it for low
level bit tricks and the like.
Those are heretics.
Rename them bits{8,16,32,64} and make the current names aliases.
So everyone uses int, and we get messages like: "This program currently
uses -1404024 bytes of RAM". I have strong feelings against using signed
types for variables that are ever going to only hold positive numbers,
especially when it comes to sizes and lengths.
