Thanks! That is very helpful. On Saturday, February 24, 2018 at 4:52:38 AM UTC-8, Stefan Nilsson wrote: > > I don't know why it's not part of the standard library, but here is a > piece of code that does the job. (It's written in a slightly roundabout way > to make sure that the constants are untyped.) > > > const BitsPerWord = 32 << (^uint(0) >> 63) // either 32 or 64 > > const ( > MaxInt = 1<<(BitsPerWord-1) - 1 // either 1<<31 - 1 or 1<<63 - 1 > MinInt = -MaxInt - 1 // either -1 << 31 or -1 << 63 > MaxUint = 1<<BitsPerWord - 1 // either 1<<32 - 1 or 1<<64 - 1 > ) > > > > On Friday, February 23, 2018 at 2:15:44 AM UTC+1, Jason Gade wrote: >> >> I see that the math/bits package has a UintSize constant, and math has >> Max<Txx> types. Why doesn't math have MaxInt and MaxUint? >> >> Yes, I know that these are derivative by themselves, but can they be >> included in the standard library without breaking the Go Compatibility >> promise? >> >
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