Why is there no unisgned short in kotlin
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jkbbwr
10/14/2017, 5:40 PMWhy is there no unisgned short in kotlin
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karelpeeters
10/14/2017, 7:35 PMProbably because it doesn't exist in Java either? You can pretend it's unsigned if you create your own toString, compareTo and factories of course ☺️.
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jkbbwr
10/14/2017, 7:36 PMGrim 😕
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gildor
10/16/2017, 1:12 AMThere are plans from Kotlin Team to implement unsigned types
https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/t/when-does-bit-fiddling-come-to-kotlin/2249
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jkbbwr
10/16/2017, 9:00 AMBut if the JVM doesn't support them then what can you do to make it efficient?
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gildor
10/16/2017, 9:37 AMIt’s important feature for kotlin/native, but not sure how they will be supported on JVM. Maybe it will be possible to implement when inline classes will be available.
You can ask about possible implementation in this thread on discuss.kotlinlang.org
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