Modulo Bug?

Walter Bright newshound2 at digitalmars.com
Fri Sep 7 08:59:58 PDT 2012


On 8/11/2012 11:54 AM, Thiez wrote:
> A few extra instructions (a CMOV followed by ADD should suffice, yes?) seems
> like a small price to pay if it can prevent bugs. Why hasn't the Python-modulo
> been made the default back when D was designed? The ever-so-slightly more
> efficient C-modulo could be provided in a library. Of course it's way too late
> to change it now...


Because then C code translated to D will have subtle, silent and unexpected bugs.


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