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Why is only __builtin_add_overflow used? #4

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edlongman opened this issue Jan 10, 2022 · 0 comments
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Why is only __builtin_add_overflow used? #4

edlongman opened this issue Jan 10, 2022 · 0 comments

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For integer arithemtic I think it would be beneficial to make use of __builtin_sub_overflow() and __builtin_mul_overflow() since they can utilize ALU flags indicating overflow without having to cast to a larger number and perform the multiplication.

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