Re: Should exceeding the range of Integer wrap around a la C?

[Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid>]

> Should exceeding the range of Integer wrap around a la C?

It should raise a constraint error unless you turn off the check.  I
don't know if there is a specified result mandated if you have an
overflow with the check turned off.

In C, unsigned integer overflow is undefined behaviour, like a subscript
overflow.  Wraparound is one common result because of how machine
arithmetic works, but it is not guaranteed.  The program could instead
crash, or delete your files, or anything else.  See here:

http://blog.llvm.org/2011/05/what-every-c-programmer-should-know.html