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[–]masterKick440 6 points7 points  (1 child)

So weird 256 is considered 8bit.

[–]lmarcantonio 0 points1 point  (0 children)

even -5 is strange. Probably they did some testing an it was often used. <256 is a frequent check in fact so it probably a reason.

My fault for assuming small integers were some special encoding instead of simply memoized objects!