(cont.) after reading that, I did not expect this: > > ```julia >
> julia> a=typemax(Int8)+typemax(Int8) > -2 > > julia> a=typemax(Int8)*typemax(Int8) > 1 > > julia> a=typemin(Int8)-typemax(Int8) > 1 > ``` > > > ``` > > > > > > > > On Monday, August 3, 2015 at 7:42:03 PM UTC-4, Sisyphuss wrote: >> >> "integer addition... operands are promoted to Int or UInt from narrower >> integer types" ( >> http://docs.julialang.org/en/latest/manual/integers-and-floating-point-numbers/ >> ) >> >> "These catch-all rules first promote all operands to a common type " ( >> http://docs.julialang.org/en/latest/manual/conversion-and-promotion/#man-conversion-and-promotion >> ) >> >> `Int8` is definitely not a subclass of `Int`, do this two assertions >> contradict to each other? >> >
