Question regarding why check low > 0

[Ankit_Nayak]

Why was there a check of low > 0: then return low - 1 in the binary search?

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[Omer_Ahmed]

Hello @Ankit_Nayak,
The code can work without this check as well. This check is added for a different implementation. I will talk to the author about this.
Hope this helps