lysdexic@programming.dev to Rust@programming.devEnglish · 1 year agoMemory Safety is a Red Herringsteveklabnik.comexternal-linkmessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up149arrow-down17
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minus-squarelysdexic@programming.devOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year ago what is the usecase for going beyond maxint? There are many examples of applications that leverage integer overflow, either wrapping around or saturating values.
There are many examples of applications that leverage integer overflow, either wrapping around or saturating values.