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> wrapped integer types

A google search for "wrapped integer types" gives me the Wikipedia article on Integer Overflow as its first result. The other hits seem to be related.

What else do you mean by "wrapped integer types" if not arithmetic modulo 2^n?

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I think he probably means boxed integer types: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/yz2be5wk.aspx

A google search for "striped horse" gives me the Wikipedia article for Zebra as its first result. Similarly a google search for "wrapped integer types" takes you to a Wikipedia page for "integer overflow" that never uses the phrase "wrapped integer."

simcop2387 is correct that I assumed he was talking about boxing at first.

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