Question about Phobos library file ("ti_uint.d")

[Stewart Gordon]

Marcio Faustino wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> Why does the method compare of the class TypeInfo_k (in file
> "src/phobos/std/typeinfo/ti_uint.d") isn't simply:
> 
> int compare(void *p1, void *p2) {
>     return *cast(uint*) p1 - *cast(uint*) p2;
> }
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Because that would screw up if the difference between the two uints is 
greater than 2147483647.

Stewart.