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On 13.08.11 13:10, Ian Collins wrote:
> On 08/13/11 09:52 PM, Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:
>> On Sat, 13 Aug 2011 21:29:05 +1200, Ian Collins wrote:
>>
>>> It's pretty rare for the application domain to be concerned about
>>> the semantics of an integer beyond those specified by the language.
>>
>> If buffer overflows and code quality is not a concern, then yes.
>
> Most variables have limited scope and a well defined range. So if I use an int in a for loop over a small set of data, I'm not writing poor quality code.

Even if language design is not to be judged what you or Dmitry,
or I, if I may, write in any given specific circumstance, it
is still true that every other week an overflow drills
a CVE into the internet.


> Yes I agree being able to specify a type without reference to an underlying fundamental type is a powerful feature C and C++ lack.

Could you say why? I speculate that Jed would like to hear,
too.