docs: do not call integer overflows as underflows #46898
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…, r=steveklabnik docs: do not call integer overflows as underflows In the API docs, integer overflow is sometimes called underflow. Underflow is really when the magnitude of a floating-point number is too small so the number underflows to subnormal or zero. With integers it is always overflow, even if the expected result is less than the minimum number that can be represented.
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In the API docs, integer overflow is sometimes called underflow. Underflow is really when the magnitude of a floating-point number is too small so the number underflows to subnormal or zero. With integers it is always overflow, even if the expected result is less than the minimum number that can be represented.