[OT] The Usual Arithmetic Confusions

[Paul Backus]

On Friday, 4 February 2022 at 22:11:10 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer 
wrote:
> I don't think anyone is arguing that the result of the 
> operation should be truncated to a byte, even if assigned to an 
> int.

And yet, that's exactly what happens if you use `int` and `long`:

     int a = int.max;
     long b = a + 1;
     writeln(b > 0); // false

I think there are reasonable arguments to be made on both sides, 
but having both behaviors in the same language is a bit of a 
mess, don't you think?