is this considered inconsistency?

[Paul Backus]

On Sunday, 21 March 2021 at 17:01:27 UTC, mw wrote:
>> There's also a point to be made that the implicit conversion 
>> from signed to unsigned integers should not be allowed, that's 
>> a separate discussion.
>
> Indeed, this shouldn't be allowed, bite by this a number of 
> times. Is there a DIP on this already?

There have been proposals to change the integer promotion rules 
in the past, but they've been rejected because Walter wants to 
keep them compatible with C, to make porting C code to D easier.