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WideningNumeric

Requires the compiler's strict implicit numeric widening from Source to Self.

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Module std.math

import std.math;

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WideningNumeric

pub concept WideningNumeric<Self, Source>

Requires the compiler's strict implicit numeric widening from Source to Self.

Only canonical standard-package identity grants this compiler predicate; a same-named user concept keeps ordinary structural meaning. Exact equal types, equal-width different primitives, byte, mixed signedness and incompatible integer/floating domains fail. Target-width facts come from the selected target, not the host. No runtime witness, allocation or callable is introduced. Self: Strictly wider ordinary numeric destination representation. Source: Exact ordinary numeric source representation.

Example

module example.promoted_duration;
import std.time as time;
fn Main() -> i32 {
    let Left = time.Duration<i8>.Create(2_i8);
    let Right = time.Duration<i64, 1_u64, 1000_u64>.Create(250_i64);
    let Sum: time.Duration<i64, 1_u64, 1000_u64> = Left + Right;
    let Difference: time.Duration<i64, 1_u64, 1000_u64> = Left - Right;
    if Sum.Count != 2250 || Difference.Count != 1750 { return 1; }
    switch time.TryAddDurations(Right, Left) {
        case .Ok { Value = Value } => { if Value.Count != 2250 { return 2; } }
        case .Err { Error = _ } => return 3;
    }
    switch time.TrySubtractDurations(Right, Left) {
        case .Ok { Value = Value } => { if Value.Count != -1750 { return 4; } }
        case .Err { Error = _ } => return 5;
    }
    // Both promotion directions preserve checked overflow reporting.
    if time.TryAddDurations(time.Duration<i8>.Create(1_i8), time.Duration<i16>.Create(32767_i16)) is .Ok { Value = _ } { return 6; }
    if time.TryAddDurations(time.Duration<i16>.Create(32767_i16), time.Duration<i8>.Create(1_i8)) is .Ok { Value = _ } { return 7; }
    return 0;
}
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