On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 10:39 AM, Eduard Pascual <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I quite agree with this idea. For a number, I think -1 would be ideal: > it is already used by lots of desktop software to convey similar > meanings, and could have an interesting benefit implementation-wise: > if the 2's complement representation of the number is interpreted as > an unsigned integer, then it will represent the highest respresentable > value (ie: hex FFFF for 16-bit, or FFFF FFFF FFFF FFFF for 64-bit), > just due to the way 2's complement works.
If we ever add a feature to loop for ever I like the idea of -1 * representation of it in binary is same a the biggest number * other implementations already use it eg: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms534134(VS.85).aspx Use case:- It make easy for the "Average Joe" web-developer to write a infinite-loop player. Other wise he is going to make web page with lot of javascript event handler, which may work in IE but not in Firefox. Thanks. Biju
