Re:Integer Overflow Bug in Boeing 787 Dreamliner
by Veedrac on Saturday May 02, 2015 @09:22AM
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The "doubles its range of positive values" is weak argument because you should never be reaching values more than a few decades, never mind 10-100x the age of the universe. Such a state is a bug.
The "can not hold negative values" argument is also weak because a uint does not prevent generating negative values - it only prevents you from knowing that you've generated negative values. Such a state is a bug.
Using a uint only serves to make it harder to test when your system is in an invalid state.
The "can not hold negative values" argument is also weak because a uint does not prevent generating negative values - it only prevents you from knowing that you've generated negative values. Such a state is a bug.
Using a uint only serves to make it harder to test when your system is in an invalid state.