'int' is enough for 'length' to migrate code from x86 to x64

[Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d]

On 11/19/14 12:40 PM, bearophile wrote:
> Andrei Alexandrescu:
>
>> There are related bugs in Java too, e.g. I remember one in binary
>> search where (i + j) / 2 was wrong because of an overflow.
>
> This is possible in D too.
>
>
>> Also, Java does have a package for unsigned integers so apparently
>> it's necessary.
>
> This is irrelevant. No one here is saying that a system language should
> not have unsigned values. The discussion here is about the type of array
> lengths.

I think we're in good shape with unsigned. -- Andrei