std's api docs should defines overflowing/wrapping/saturating
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Description
Location (URL)
https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/primitive.i8.html#method.saturating_add etc. lacks the definition of overflowing / wrapping / saturating operations.
Summary
C++ 26's saturating_add links to wikipedia, which is a good idea. We can do things similar, maybe in a dedicated page somewhere.
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Research direction
Start at the linked i8 saturating_add documentation and compare the overflowing, wrapping, and saturating operation entries in the standard library API docs. Review the linked C++ reference and Wikipedia terminology, then determine whether shared definitions or links belong on a dedicated page. Done means the relevant std documentation clearly defines all three operation types.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- documentation
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 70/100