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in reply to Data::Delta module proposal

Data::Delta is a terrible name.

If we assume a 16 bit counter (because I can't remember off the top of my head what 2^32 or 2^64 are in denary), then you want the delta between 65535 and 0 to be 1. However, for most other people, they'd want the delta to be 65535 (or, perhaps depending on the order of the arguments, -65535). You need to include the word "Rollover" in the name.