Negative Number Handling

Comments discuss oversights, bugs, or intentional exclusions of negative numbers in algorithms, functions, metrics, or computations, often pointing out that negatives should be considered or handled properly.

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Sample Comments

goosedragons • Oct 7, 2023 • View on HN

Can't that go negative occasionally too? Was that intentional?

andi999 • Sep 29, 2021 • View on HN

Doesn't this exclude negative numbers?

_Algernon_ • Apr 6, 2022 • View on HN

Why not go crazy? Negative values.

Twirrim • Jun 1, 2017 • View on HN

It's also possible to put in negative numbers :D

chris_wot • Nov 20, 2025 • View on HN

True, it's a negative value.

Retric • Aug 11, 2023 • View on HN

Some number need not be positive ;)

Finnucane • Oct 12, 2016 • View on HN

How could it be less than zero?

whimsicalism • Oct 28, 2021 • View on HN

Oh yeah - negative numbers exist, doh!

jezzamon • Aug 31, 2023 • View on HN

I was surprised to hear that the minus was meaningless, but turns out that no, it does still work

kuu • Aug 24, 2021 • View on HN

It does not work with negative numbers, where can I open a ticket?