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Idiom #85 Check if integer addition will overflow

Write boolean function addingWillOverflow which takes two integers x, y and return true if (x+y) overflows.

An overflow may be above the max positive value, or below the min negative value.

fn adding_will_overflow(x: usize, y: usize) -> bool {
    x.checked_add(y).is_none()
}

checked_add is available for all integer types.
function Adding_Will_Overflow (X, Y : Integer) return Boolean is
begin
   return X > 0 and Y > 0 and X > Integer'Last - Y;
end Adding_Will_Overflow;

PROBLEM: this doesn't detect negative overflow.

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