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docs: update to define integer overflow

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## Arithmetic ## Arithmetic
Numbers are type-compatible: Numbers will retain their type unless mixed with other numeric types:
Pure integer operations will always return integers, whereas any operation involving at least one floating point number return a floating point number. Pure integer operations will always return integers, whereas any operation involving at least one floating point number returns a floating point number.
Integer overflow (of 64-bit signed integers) and division by zero are defined to throw an error.
See also [Comparison] and [Equality]. See also [Comparison] and [Equality].

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Numbers, which can be *integers* (like `123`) or *floating point* Numbers, which can be *integers* (like `123`) or *floating point*
(like `123.43` or `.27e13`). (like `123.43` or `.27e13`).
Integers in the Nix language are 64-bit signed integers.
Integer overflow is defined to throw an error.
See [arithmetic] and [comparison] operators for semantics. See [arithmetic] and [comparison] operators for semantics.
[arithmetic]: ./operators.md#arithmetic [arithmetic]: ./operators.md#arithmetic