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Re:Fast midpoint between two integers without overflow by glxxyz on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @11:46AM (#33896619)
It can be rewritten without the test:

    return a - (a - b) / 2;
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Re:Fast midpoint between two integers without overflow by ardel95 on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @12:03PM (#33896907)
Tweet said unsigned ints, so don’t think this would work. Even with signed I think this can overflow.
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Re:Fast midpoint between two integers without overflow by glxxyz on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @12:11PM (#33897000)
> Tweet said unsigned ints

Which tweet?

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