Index: src/prelude/builtins.c
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--- src/prelude/builtins.c	(revision df7a162899ed88ca8f999b93f02bd92f176b2f8a)
+++ src/prelude/builtins.c	(revision ea46db7297c45707f04194d6fafa0612eaa4f569)
@@ -23,4 +23,18 @@
 void exit( int status, const char fmt[], ... ) __attribute__ (( format(printf, 2, 3), __nothrow__, __leaf__, __noreturn__ ));
 void abort ( const char fmt[], ... ) __attribute__ (( format(printf, 1, 2), __nothrow__, __leaf__, __noreturn__ ));
+
+// increment/decrement unification
+
+static inline forall( dtype T | { T& ?+=?( T&, one_t ); } )
+T& ++? ( T& x ) { return x += 1; }
+
+static inline forall( dtype T | sized(T) | { void ?{}( T&, T ); void ^?{}( T& ); T& ?+=?( T&, one_t ); } )
+T& ?++ ( T& x ) { T tmp = x; x += 1; return tmp; }
+
+static inline forall( dtype T | { T& ?-=?( T&, one_t ); } )
+T& --? ( T& x ) { return x -= 1; }
+
+static inline forall( dtype T | sized(T) | { void ?{}( T&, T ); void ^?{}( T& ); T& ?-=?( T&, one_t ); } )
+T& ?-- ( T& x ) { T tmp = x; x -= 1; return tmp; }
 
 // exponentiation operator implementation