> I agree that the resolution proposal inherently feels wrong to use as > a solution. > > I'm not sure I understand what the problems with (1) are (apart from > overflowing) in performing all the arithmetic in normal integer mode > and implicitly converting to the modular type on assignment. Well, the arithmetic is not the same. Eg: (3 + 1) mod 3 For a signed type, the result is 1. For a modular type with a modulus of 4, the result is 0. Regards, Tristan. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.Received on Tue Jul 8 01:27:07 2014
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