The scope of the C# checked/unchecked keyword is static, not dynamic

Raymond ChenAugust 15, 2014Aug 15, 201408/15/14

C# has operators checked and unchecked to control the behavior of the language in the face of integer overflow. There are also checked and unchecked statements which apply the behavior to blocks of statements rather than single expressions. Why, then, doesn't this code below raise an overflow exception? (Mini-exercise: Why couldn't I ...