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Re:The Git source code audit, viewed as a Rust programmer by rhdunn on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @03:39PM (#34509974)
Yes. Imagine you have a 2-bit integer. `11 + 1` in binary is `100`. The last `1` does not fit so only the remaining `00` gets included. The same applies for any N-bit integer.
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Re:The Git source code audit, viewed as a Rust programmer by j4nek on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @03:45PM (#34510061)
thank you - got it this way! :)
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