Integer overflow and underflow semantics

[Alex Rønne Petersen]

On 18-05-2012 19:28, akaz wrote:
>> I agree that throwing an exception could be a good feature to have,
>> but it should *not* be the default. I want my systems code to run at
>> full speed when I know what I'm doing.
>
> In the release version, yes. In the release version, array bound
> checking is disabled, too.
>
> But in the debug version?

It should be controllable with a command line option just as 
-noboundscheck. I'll revise what I said: It can be on in debug for all I 
care, as long as I can disable it independently of what mode I'm 
compiling in.

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