# introduce std.math.addAny · gitcafe/zig

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Author: Andrew Kelley

Committer: Andrew Kelley

## Message

```
introduce std.math.addAny

I think this is generally more useful than the existing add function
because it doesn't unnecessarily rely on the types of the operands - the
error only occurs if the final mathematical result cannot be stored in
the desired result type.

```

## Parents

- [803215bb186cb4a16f2f9552749a18fa384634e6](https://git.cafe/gitcafe/zig/commit/803215bb186cb4a16f2f9552749a18fa384634e6?format=markdown)

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