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[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 40 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Unless it's a signed integer, then it's -1 and they're expecting something...

[–] DacoTaco@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

A 5 bit long signed integer? What kind of weird system you using ? :p

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago

Because a 5 bit unsigned integer is so much better? :p

[–] gens@programming.dev 8 points 2 weeks ago

Two's complement

[–] computergeek125@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Only if you're using a sign bit rather than two's compliment (a sign bit allows for two representations of 0)