Treating the abusive unsigned syndrome

[Derek Parnell]

On Fri, 28 Nov 2008 17:09:25 +0100, Don wrote:

> 
> It's close, but how can code such as:
> 
> if (x.length - y.length < 100) ...
> 
> be correct in the presence of length > 2GB?

It could be transformed by the compiler into more something like ...

  if ((x.length <= y.length) || ((x.length - y.length) < 100)) ...


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