On 01/21/2012 10:05 PM, Walter Bright wrote:
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3495283and getting rid of unsigned types is not the solution to signed/unsigned issues.
A quote from that link:"There are many use cases for data types that behave like pure bit strings with no concept of sign."
Why not recast the concept of unsigned integers as "bit vectors (that happen to implement arithmetic)"? I've seen several sources claim that uint (and friends) should never be used unless you are using it for low level bit tricks and the like.
Rename them bits{8,16,32,64} and make the current names aliases.
