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Re:ECC matters by Dylan16807 on Monday January 04, 2021 @11:09PM (#25641984)
Not really. Gray codes are designed so that if you're counting correctly, only one bit flips at a time. But if you flip the wrong bit by accident, you'll end up with a completely different number, no way to tell a problem happened.

If you want to detect a bit flip, use parity.

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