Primitive overflow is a JVM feature, partly caused by the behaviour of underlying hardware. The only workaround (in any language on the platform) is to use BigInteger/BigDecimal. Scala only helps here insofar as it allows you to use these types with conventional arithmetic operators.
I wouldn't draw an analogy between overflow and checked exceptions here. Primitive behaviour is driven by considerations of performance and the nature of CPU opcodes. By comparison, checked exceptions are a pure design choice, one that actually harms performance if (ab)used for flow control. On 24 September 2010 01:00, Miroslav Pokorny <miroslav.poko...@gmail.com>wrote: > > Nevertheless, checked exceptions (even when handled better than C++) are >> still a lie. Not to the compiler but to the developer, which is far worse! >> They're a lie about the full range of exceptions a function might throw, >> and they're a lie about how well a caller might deal with such an exception. >> >> > They are not but a practical distinction. One cannot be pragmatic about > everything otherwise nothing would get done. I suppose the primitive types > are lie as well because most of the time they can hold some value but they > occassionally overflow. Unfortunately we just deal; with it and try and get > the job done. What about primitive value overflow in Scala ??? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<javaposse%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > -- Kevin Wright mail / gtalk / msn : kev.lee.wri...@gmail.com pulse / skype: kev.lee.wright twitter: @thecoda -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
