Re: Do C++ signed types have modulo semantics?

[Paul Koning <pkoning at equallogic dot com>]

>>>>> "Nathan" == Nathan Sidwell <nathan@codesourcery.com> writes:

 >> And all useful programs we write rely on undefined behaviour of
 >> one sort or the other, starting with GCC.  In the case of

 Nathan> They do? I thought they usually relied on implementation
 Nathan> defined, documented extensions or were part of the
 Nathan> implementation.  Now I'm sure you'll prove me wrong in some
 Nathan> way or other, but please stick to the point -- do real
 Nathan> important programs that must not break and cannot be changed
 Nathan> rely on signed modulo behaviour?

I'm sure they do.  Obviously they should not, since the standard says
not to.  But most programmers are not language lawyers.  Most
programmers "know" that arithmetic is modulo wordsize.  And those few
who know the right answer (only unsigned arithmetic is modulo) will
from time to time slip up and omit the "unsigned" keyword in their
declarations. 

So I can't point to a direct example but I am certain such examples
exist. 

      paul