Using BigInts as machine words

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Using BigInts as machine words #38

Closed danilopedraza closed 3 months ago

danilopedraza commented 5 months ago

Currently, the default integer type is a BigInt. It is not bounded, so I have to check for overflows. The casting behavior that I defined with code (not tests) is:

If the number is negative, interpret it as zero
Else, take the minimum between the number and the maximum word-sized unsigned integer.

danilopedraza commented 5 months ago

Should I set a different behavior? The conflictive cases that I can imagine are related to ranges.

danilopedraza commented 3 months ago

I think this is just fine for now.