On 2015-04-09, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote:

> For application work, it's usually much better to have an integer
> type like Python's or Pike's int - a signed integer that can never
> overflow. For low-level bit manipulation work, you usually want an
> *unsigned* integer of specific size, with well defined wrap-around
> behaviour. When do you actually want a signed integer with
> well-defined overflow behaviour?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_scaling#Binary_angles

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