Can Integers *Ever* Overflow?

[fallen-icarus]

The aiken docs say:

Aiken's only number type is an arbitrary sized integer. This means there is no underflow or overflow.

Does this apply to intermediate run-time results too? Like if I'm doing arithmetic, do I need to be concerned about integer overflow? I think the answer is no, but I'm looking for a sanity check 😅

[KtorZ]

The short answer is: no.

The longer answer is: yes, there's a practical limit that's around 2^265 iirc. So in practice, you still don't need to worry about it.

[KtorZ]

Sorry; I double checked. The maximum is in fact $2^{65536}-1$