Maximum value of an int

Go has two predeclared integer types with implementation-specific sizes:

• a uint (unsigned integer) has either 32 or 64 bits,
• an int (signed integer) has the same size as a uint.

This code computes the limit values as untyped constants.

const UintSize = 32 << (^uint(0) >> 32 & 1) // 32 or 64

const (
	MaxInt  = 1<<(UintSize-1) - 1 // 1<<31 - 1 or 1<<63 - 1
	MinInt  = -MaxInt - 1         // -1 << 31 or -1 << 63
	MaxUint = 1<<UintSize - 1     // 1<<32 - 1 or 1<<64 - 1
)

The UintSize constant is also available in package math/bits.

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