Inconvenient to whom? It’s pretty inconvenient not to do that if you eg have strict memory/performance requirements. C made the right tradeoff IMO. You can pro

Inconvenient to whom? It’s pretty inconvenient not to do that if you eg have strict memory/performance requirements. C made the right tradeoff IMO. You can protect yourself against overflow if you need to, but if it always signals errors you can’t turn that off.