Add a note about overflowing in the `RangeFrom` iterator

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/libcore/ops.rs b/src/libcore/ops.rs
index 44c498ef6d4..a2f84230afc 100644
--- a/src/libcore/ops.rs
+++ b/src/libcore/ops.rs
@@ -1539,6 +1539,11 @@ impl<Idx: PartialOrd<Idx>> Range<Idx> {
 ///
 /// See the [`contains()`](#method.contains) method for its characterization.
 ///
+/// Note: Currently, no overflow checking is done for the iterator
+/// implementation; if you use an integer range and the integer overflows, it
+/// might panic in debug mode or create an endless loop in release mode. This
+/// overflow behavior might change in the future.
+///
 /// # Examples
 ///
 /// ```