Re: [boost] [review queue] What to do about the library review queue?

degski wrote:

Because I think the idea is flawed from the start.

int x = 2 * 2;

is wrong in principle, correct would be:

int64_t x = 2 * 2;

That's what the library does (in 'automatic' promotion mode, which should be only mode in my opinion.) When you multiply two integers, one having range [0, M] and the other having range [0,N], you get an integer with range [0, M*N]. So safe * safe gives safe (almost).