From 96543f1455ba7868848263828b363d3451259dd2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nilstrieb <nils.heydecker@gmx.ch>
Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2021 12:06:33 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] u8 a = 0xPA u8 b = 0xIN

---
 src/main/java/TestClass.java | 16 ++++++++++++++--
 src/main/java/u8.java        | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/main/java/u8.java

diff --git a/src/main/java/TestClass.java b/src/main/java/TestClass.java
index 897bf9a..2e7ca9f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/TestClass.java
+++ b/src/main/java/TestClass.java
@@ -1,7 +1,19 @@
 public class TestClass {
 
     public static void main(String[] args) {
-        StringOfChars s = new StringOfChars('h', 'a');
+
+        u8 myByte = new u8((short) 127);
+        System.out.println(myByte.val());
+
+        //max array size for u8: 2'050'000'000 - 2'100'000'000
+        //max array size for byte: 7'500'000'000 - 10'000'000'000
+        //max array size for short: 3'700'000'000 - 4'500'000'000
+
+        u8[][][] test = new u8[1000][1000][1000];
+        System.out.printf("no error for size: %,d", (long) test.length * (long) test[0].length * (long) test[0][0].length);
+
+
+        /*StringOfChars s = new StringOfChars('h', 'a');
         s.append('l', 'l', 'o');
         System.out.println(s.toString());
 
@@ -19,6 +31,6 @@ public class TestClass {
         GoodRandom random = new GoodRandom();
         for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
             System.out.println(random.randomInt(20));
-        }
+        }*/
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/java/u8.java b/src/main/java/u8.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9f5acea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/u8.java
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/**
+ * An unsigned byte.
+ * Unlike other programming languages like C, C++ and many others, Java is too high-level to
+ * bother with having or not having sign bits. It just has them by default.
+ * <p>
+ * This creates a problem,
+ * because sometimes you might want to save memory and use unsigned bytes.
+ * In this case, this class is perfect for you because it does exactly that.
+ * (The 'exactly that' refers to 'creates a problem')
+ */
+public class u8 {
+
+    private final byte b;
+
+    /**
+     * Create a new u8. You need to input a short because that is how Java works.
+     * The value will be stored in a byte though.
+     * @param s
+     */
+    public u8(short s) {
+        b = (byte) s;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the value back.
+     * @return The value as a short because that is how Java works.
+     */
+    public short val(){
+        return b;
+    }
+}