the usage is bad, and it causes math to be more confusing now that mul ordering was fixed a couple years ago. this would be a breaking change and probably prevent an enormous amount of confusing bugs from this legacy bit of the api
it's not really a bug so much as a legacy misfeature that should just go away. a long time ago it made using it easier.
signed, me who just explained the math to someone backwards for the last hour before realizing the logical inconsistency.
the usage is bad, and it causes math to be more confusing now that mul ordering was fixed a couple years ago. this would be a breaking change and probably prevent an enormous amount of confusing bugs from this legacy bit of the api
it's not really a bug so much as a legacy misfeature that should just go away. a long time ago it made using it easier.
signed, me who just explained the math to someone backwards for the last hour before realizing the logical inconsistency.