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Re:Fast midpoint between two integers without overflow by Chinjut on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @11:53AM (#33896735)
Wouldn't this still overflow when one of the values is positive, the other is negative, and their difference is sufficiently large?
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Re:Fast midpoint between two integers without overflow by ardel95 on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @12:00PM (#33896843)
The tweet said unsigned ints
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Re:Fast midpoint between two integers without overflow by Chinjut on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @12:02PM (#33896882)
Tweet? But yes, sorry, I missed that your post said positive ints. The article was about signed ints, though.
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Re:Fast midpoint between two integers without overflow by ardel95 on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @12:07PM (#33896951)
Oh, you are right. For some reason I thought I saw unsigned in there.
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Re:Fast midpoint between two integers without overflow by kevin_thibedeau on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @03:24PM (#33899747)
C promotion rules can can convert unsigned to signed and vice versa so it still matters.
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