[M3devel] the meaning of -FIRST(INTEGER)?

[hendrik at topoi.pooq.com]

On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 04:24:05AM -0500, Tony Hosking wrote:
> Agreed.  If we allow overflow at run-time we should at compile-time.

But perhaps a compile-time warning is in order for overflow -- in cases 
where we do the arithmetic at compile-time, anyway.  We may avoid 
run-time checks for speed reasons, but there's no such constraint 
on compile-time checks.

-- hendrik