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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.
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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.