From: arne@vajhoej.dk   
      
   On 8/19/2025 9:01 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:   
   > On 2025-08-18, Dan Cross  wrote:   
   >> I happen to disagree with Simon's notion of what makes for   
   >> robust programming, but to go to such an extreme as to suggest   
   >> that writing code as if logical operators don't short-circuit   
   >> is the same as not knowing the semantics of division is   
   >> specious.   
   >>   
   >   
   > That last one is an interesting example. I may not care about   
   > short circuiting, but I am _very_ _very_ aware of the combined   
   > unsigned integers and signed integers issues in C expressions. :-(   
   >   
   > It also affects how I look at the same issues in other languages.   
   >   
   > I've mentioned this before, but I think languages should give you   
   > unsigned integers by default, and you should have to ask for   
   > a signed integer if you really want one.   
      
   "by default" sort of imply signedness being an attribute of   
   same type.   
      
   Why not just make it two different types with different names?   
      
   Whether we follow tradition and call them integer and cardinal   
   or more modern style and call them int and uint is less important.   
      
   Arne   
      
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