Commit 18d527b3 authored by Robert Griesemer's avatar Robert Griesemer

spec: mention that special case for integer division is due to overflow

Fixes #23443.

Change-Id: If60c39b582ee5308e9fa902f93c1b6ae7890346c
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/87975Reviewed-by: 's avatarIan Lance Taylor <iant@golang.org>
Reviewed-by: 's avatarRob Pike <r@golang.org>
parent 2dc025e4
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......@@ -3558,9 +3558,10 @@ with <code>x / y</code> truncated towards zero
</pre>
<p>
As an exception to this rule, if the dividend <code>x</code> is the most
negative value for the int type of <code>x</code>, the quotient
<code>q = x / -1</code> is equal to <code>x</code> (and <code>r = 0</code>).
The one exception to this rule is that if the dividend <code>x</code> is
the most negative value for the int type of <code>x</code>, the quotient
<code>q = x / -1</code> is equal to <code>x</code> (and <code>r = 0</code>)
due to two's-complement <a href="#Integer_overflow">integer overflow</a>:
</p>
<pre>
......@@ -3623,11 +3624,11 @@ discard high bits upon overflow, and programs may rely on "wrap around".
</p>
<p>
For signed integers, the operations <code>+</code>,
<code>-</code>, <code>*</code>, and <code>&lt;&lt;</code> may legally
<code>-</code>, <code>*</code>, <code>/</code>, and <code>&lt;&lt;</code> may legally
overflow and the resulting value exists and is deterministically defined
by the signed integer representation, the operation, and its operands.
No exception is raised as a result of overflow. A
compiler may not optimize code under the assumption that overflow does
No exception is raised as a result of overflow.
A compiler may not optimize code under the assumption that overflow does
not occur. For instance, it may not assume that <code>x &lt; x + 1</code> is always true.
</p>
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