Tim Peters <t...@python.org> added the comment:
Because the behavior of signed integer overflow isn't defined in C. Picture a 3-bit integer type, where the maximum value of the signed integer type is 3. 3+3 has no defined result. Cast them to the unsigned flavor of the integer type, though, and the result is defined to be 6. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue34397> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
