From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Mon, 20 Oct 2025 20:09:14 -0000 (UTC), Kaz Kylheku wrote:   
      
   > This is a nuanced topic where there isn't a one-type-fits-all answer,   
   > but I gravitate toward signed; use of unsigned has to be justified in   
   > some way.   
      
   It's more an illustration of legacy designs that didn't stand up well but   
   a short was originally used in our code for object numbers. Gotta save   
   bytes. Who ever thought there would be more than 32k objects?   
      
   Changing it to unsigned short bought us time. Going to an int would have   
   had repercussions because of those bytes a diligent programmer saved back   
   in the '90s.   
      
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