GDC adds intrinsic support for core.checkedint

[rsw0x via Digitalmars-d]

On Wednesday, 1 July 2015 at 21:15:33 UTC, Robert burner Schadek 
wrote:
> On Tuesday, 30 June 2015 at 20:24:38 UTC, tsbockman wrote:
>>     4. Robert has suggested that a SafeInt type should disable 
>> bitwise operations like ~, &, |, ^, but I don't understand why.
>
> The name SafeInt and the missing bitwise operations go in 
> tandem.
> SafeInt is a math type, +-/*% nothing more. Whenever I saw 
> people beginning cleaver and use bitwise operations for math, 
> they failed. Me included.
>
> Thats why

all bitwise ops except for shifting are fundamental math 
operators just like addition and subtraction if you view an 
integer as a bitstring(which is what it is...)