CSharp - Integral types Overflow check operators

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Introduction

The checked operator tells the runtime to generate an OverflowException in case of Overflow.

The checked operator affects expressions with the ++, --, +, -, *, /, and explicit conversion operators between integral types.

The checked operator has no effect on the double and float types.

C# double and float types overflow to special "infinite" values.

decimal type is always checked.

checked can be used around either an expression or a statement block. For example: 

int a = 1000100;
int b = 1000200;

int c = checked (a * b);      // Checks just the expression.

checked                       // Checks all expressions
{                             // in statement block.
   c = a * b;
}

You can turn on arithmetic overflow checking by compiling with the /checked+ command-line switch.

To disable overflow checking for specific expressions or statements, use unchecked operator.

For example, the following code will not throw exceptions-even if compiled with /checked+: 

int x = int.MaxValue;
int y = unchecked (x + 1);
unchecked { 
  int z = x + 1; 
}

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