writefln + unsigned numbers

[Johan Granberg]

david wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> when playing with an array and indices that are later shifted to < 0,
> I found the following rather not intuitive behaviour:
> 
> import std.stdio;
> void main()
> {
> uint j;
> writefln(j - 2);
> }
> 
> results in 4294967294.
> I'm aware of the construction of uint,
> but shouldn't j be automatically converted
> to a larger type providing negative numbers (long) ?
> 
> david

Why should it, that would cause even more confusion. In my opinion it should
either be illegal (and caught at compile time) or stay as is.