Counting up vs. counting down

Re:Counting up vs. counting down by masklinn on Thursday November 19, 2015 @10:53AM (#10595407)

I don't know if it'd be clearer. It'd be a better representation of what actually happens but would read very strangely. `!= -1` would make a reader think "shouldn't go below 0" and only on closer inspection would you wonder what actually happens, `!= SIZE_MAX` would probably make any reader stop and scratch their head.

Whether that's a good thing is up for debate.

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Re:Counting up vs. counting down by plonh on Thursday November 19, 2015 @11:19AM (#10595589)

if you are thinking about "<0" on an unsigned type, you better be scratching your head already.

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