A Little Ada with Your C++

Rich Herrick liked his ranged types in Ada, and missed them when developing in C++. So he rolled his own, and now he has some protection from out-of-range and overflow conditions in his code. Sure, there's some overhead, as there always is when trading execution or compile time for safety, but Rich's implementation does a pretty good job of limiting the cost, and maximizing the benefit. Check out Ada-style Ranged Types in C++.

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