# 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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**Post date:** [October 11, 2021, 1:24pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/discussion-about-integer-overflow/69627/4 "2021-10-11T13:24:11Z")

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> [@viraltux](#):
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> Well, then the problem is that `10^20_000` should evaluate to `Inf` , I think Julia language should have a review of these overflow scenarios.

Integer overflow has been thought about since at least [2012](https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/855), is documented in the [FAQ](https://docs.julialang.org/en/v1/manual/faq/#faq-integer-arithmetic), has been [discussed](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/a-plea-for-int-overflow-checking-as-the-default/3338) repeatedly, has been implemented in a [package](https://github.com/JeffreySarnoff/SaferIntegers.jl), and finally [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).

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