by the signed integer representation, the operation, and its operands.
Overflow does not cause a <a href="#Run_time_panics">run-time panic</a>.
A compiler may not optimize code under the assumption that overflow does
not occur. For instance, it may not assume that <code>x &lt; x + 1</code> is always true.
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<h4 id="Floating_point_operators">Floating-point operators</h4>

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