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Support for fixed-size integer types
Hi there, would you accept a PR that adds support for fixed-size integer types?
Motivation
When using smaller types (e.g. int8, uint16) users need to manually cast int/uint and perform bounds checking.
Proposal
It would look like this:
flag.Uint16Var(&HTTPPort, "port", 8080, "A port")
This code would induce a panic (as opposed to a silent wrap-around):
f := 65536 // doesn't fit in a uint16
flag.Uint16Var(&HTTPPort, "port", 8080, "A port")