[Issue 20205] std.math: Wrong result for abs(int.min)

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https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20205

--- Comment #9 from Dominikus Dittes Scherkl <dominikus at scherkl.de> ---
(In reply to Ajieskola from comment #8)
> The fix had to be reverted, due to confusion and code breakage it would have
> caused - see Dlang Bot links.

I can't see why it is confusing that the result of abs() is unsigned.
Vice versa - the absolute value is especially designed to result in an unsigned
type and I find it heavily irritating that it doesn't.

> So the original issue still persists.
Yeah. Bad design.

> I personally think this should be left as-is.
So I will continue to use my better approach instead of phobos. Sic.

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