(42, all flavours) Integer Division - how?

[Albert Chan]

(12-13-2020 01:24 AM)Albert Chan Wrote:  return q + r

We had assumed q never overflow, which results in |r| ≤ 1

However, if q already overflowed, calculated r is basically garbage.

We should return q + sign(r), to limit the damage.
In other words, if q overflow calculator precision, don't correct the quotient.