[Gambas-user] Should Gambas detect integer overflow?
Christof Thalhofer
chrisml at deganius.de
Mon Dec 5 12:11:45 CET 2022
Am 04.12.22 um 20:33 schrieb Benoit Minisini:
> So, I wonder if Gambas should raise an error if an integer overflow is
> detected (when doing an integer +, - or *)?
>
> Note that the change is not backward compatible for program that
> explicitly rely on the undefined behaviour of overflow arithmetic in C.
> Which is not a good idea anyway...
>
> What do you think?
I think yes. Because not everyone who programs in Gambas is aware of the
underlying problem that integers can overflow.
I have to admit that I also almost never think about it when using
integer or long variables.
Alles Gute
Christof Thalhofer
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