Wouldn’t be better to check both inputs before against the max value of that type instead of actually doing the overflow?
There are lots of better ways of doing this, but knowing why this one is bad/wrong requires the mental model described upthread.
(But also, what you describe would be incorrect, since two <MAX values can add to a value that is >MAX, and overflow)
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There are lots of better ways of doing this, but knowing why this one is bad/wrong requires the mental model described upthread.
(But also, what you describe would be incorrect, since two <MAX values can add to a value that is >MAX, and overflow)