Yeah, I think it is funny that in a standard binary, it would replace negative zero and makes some sense. In two's complement, it replaces the minimum value.

Yeah, I think it is funny that in a standard binary, it would replace negative zero and makes some sense. In two's complement, it replaces the minimum value. Fair that sentinel value is sentinel value, I suppose. But it is not like it is not a known and unique number in that encoding.