I’m really confused, in the Primitives.kt file in the kotlin stdlib, the minus function for Bytes is as follows:

/** Subtracts the other value from this value. */
    public operator fun minus(other: Byte): Int

Note: This is inside the byte class.

This file used for code generation and will be replaced by actual implementation.

it gives me an error when I attempt to do

someByte - 10.toByte()

What kind error?

expecting byte, but got integer

Should work https://pl.kotl.in/rJbJayd2m

but this does not: https://pl.kotl.in/ryEmTJd2m

Sure, because byte operators return

int

just using instead of ints, to save memory. im working on native with little memory avialable

save memory? How?

Alright. I'll just use an int

If for some reason you still need byte, just convert it explicitly (which means that you know about possible overflow problem) https://pl.kotl.in/HJUexed37

thanks!

Premature optimization is the root of all evil