[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > n on. > > > > no wrap or carry? > > My gut tells me it is wrong to have to check > > my results after every addition. > > Yes. because of this check no carry for RGB and version numbers ! rebol-tuples are good for this things, multiple values handled together with different meanings. if i define my version-numbers as release.change.platform.saves i'm pretty happy with 255, instead of an incremented platform. same to colors. For what application could a carry or wrap be usefull? there may be solutions using binary with some helper-functions? or integers with a bit shifting. > > so here is what I am looking for: > > - an example of a use for the current behavior which warrants > > adding math checks to all other uses. > > > > I reported this as a bug in one of the early versions of Rebol. > > The response I got was that this is the intended way that tuples work, > and mainly for use with RGB values, so that you don't got from full > colour to no colour when dealing with RGB. > > ... > Andy > Volker
