# Discussion about integer overflow

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/discussion-about-integer-overflow/69627>\
**Category:** Internals & Design\
**Tags:** numbers, integer-overflow\
**Created:** [October 11, 2021, 12:44pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/discussion-about-integer-overflow/69627 "2021-10-11T12:44:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![mbauman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mbauman/32/31082_2.png) [@mbauman](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mbauman)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2021, 2:40pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/discussion-about-integer-overflow/69627/108 "2021-10-13T14:40:16Z")

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It’s just challenging because [Julia is not at that stage of development anymore](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/psa-julia-is-not-at-that-stage-of-development-anymore/44872). Lack of “success” here has less to do with the conversation itself and more about its feasibility. I can guarantee you that `julia --check-overflow` would be broken before it even gets to the REPL. It’d take significant effort to make this work, and does not have an appreciable impact on any of the compliance standards I’ve been working with.

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