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    Comment #48839554

    Of course unsigned is defined. That's besides the point. The point is: how often in your code, do you expect 1 minus 2 to equal a very large number, vs. the number -1.

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    Comment #48839490

    No. It says the reverse: "11. unsigned. Use unsigned if necessary." Unsigned is necessary only if you're working with bit fields, bit masks or require explicit modulo n-bit arithme…

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    Comment #48839418

    Actually, in that case, no. Blogger hasn't bothered to refer to those well known and detailed opinions, from very experienced authorities, and provide detailed rebuttal to those au…

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    Comment #48838338

    Stroustrup recommends int over unsigned. Dijkstra recommends int over unsigned. Google coding guidelines recommend int over unsigned. Blogger recommends unsigned over int. Tough ch…