Need a good name for an extension method

[BillWoodruff]

namespace CliftoniusMagnus
{
public enum Int32CompareResult
{
Equal,
LessThan,
GreaterThan
}

public static class Int32Extensions
{
    public static int I32Min(this int i, int limit)
    {
        return I32Compare(i, limit) == Int32CompareResult.LessThan
            ? i
            : limit;
    }

    public static int I32PlusDeltaMin(this int i, int delta)
    {
        return I32Min(i, i + delta);
    }

    public static Int32CompareResult I32Compare(this int i1, int i2)
    {
        return i1 == i2 
            ? Int32CompareResult.Equal
            : i1 < 12
                ? Int32CompareResult.LessThan
                : Int32CompareResult.GreaterThan;
    }
}

}

The style here reflects my preference (ghost of Simonyi ?) for making "Type and Intent" salient at all times, and ... whenever possible ... writing functions that are multi-purpose. However, I'd only write such functions if I anticipated I might have a need to add some functionality to them; otherwise, they're just duplicating functions in .Math. And, yes, this style is not spicy. cheers, Bill

«There is a spectrum, from "clearly desirable behaviour," to "possibly dodgy behavior that still makes some sense," to "clearly undesirable behavior." We try to make the latter into warnings or, better, errors. But stuff that is in the middle category you don’t want to restrict unless there is a clear way to work around it.» Eric Lippert, May 14, 2008

[BillWoodruff]

Hi, Marc, I am a little wary of extension methods on 'Int32 because of compiler error #CS0023

caused by an attempt to use/call the method on a negative integer; while this can be worked around by putting the negative value in parens; I find that tedious.

var x = -100.SomeExtension(10); // will not compile
var y = (-100).SomeExtension(10); // will compile
var z = 100.SomeExtension(10); // will compile

I regret to say this same error occurs in VS 2017, using the latest FrameWork version.

I assume this is an operator execution precedence issue ?

I have not evaluated whether this error occurs with other numeric Types; I hypothesize it will.

cheers, Bill

«There is a spectrum, from "clearly desirable behaviour," to "possibly dodgy behavior that still makes some sense," to "clearly undesirable behavior." We try to make the latter into warnings or, better, errors. But stuff that is in the middle category you don’t want to restrict unless there is a clear way to work around it.» Eric Lippert, May 14, 2008