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task #16114: Print warning where integer overflow happens
Submitter: | Pedram Ashofteh-Ardakani <pedram> | ||
Submitted: | Tue 01 Feb 2022 10:31:18 AM UTC | ||
Should Start On: | Tue 01 Feb 2022 12:00:00 AM UTC | Should be Finished on: | Tue 01 Feb 2022 12:00:00 AM UTC |
Category: | Arithmetic | Priority: | 5 - Normal |
Item Group: | Enhancement | Status: | None |
Privacy: | Public | Percent Complete: | 0% |
Assigned to: | None | Open/Closed: | Open |
Effort: | 0.00 |
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Wed 01 Mar 2023 03:06:00 PM UTC, comment #7: |
Siyang He <decaf> |
Tue 21 Feb 2023 04:57:24 PM UTC, comment #6: Thanks for looking into this problem. In this case, it does indeed seem necessary to do manual checks on each operator! But having it active all the time will force a significant overhead; we should add a flag for this so it is only activated when the user wants.
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Mohammad Akhlaghi <makhlaghi>![]() |
Tue 21 Feb 2023 03:55:33 AM UTC, comment #5: I took a look at this.
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Siyang He <decaf> |
Sun 29 Jan 2023 12:44:22 PM UTC, comment #4: This task is open for anyone who is interested. |
Mohammad Akhlaghi <makhlaghi>![]() |
Sun 22 May 2022 01:07:55 PM UTC, comment #3: Have you made any progress on this Tushar? |
Mohammad Akhlaghi <makhlaghi>![]() |
Fri 11 Mar 2022 10:20:37 AM UTC, comment #2: This is a good bug you chose Tashar! Its all yours ;-). |
Mohammad Akhlaghi <makhlaghi>![]() |
Fri 11 Mar 2022 08:05:32 AM UTC, comment #1: I went to this error and want to fix it . Could you please assign this task to me.
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Tushar Gupta <tushar_gupta>![]() |
Tue 01 Feb 2022 10:31:18 AM UTC, original submission:
As explained in bug #61969 , arithmetic reads inputs and uses the smallest numerical data type possible to compute more efficiently with the least amount of memory. However, the user might not be aware of the integer overflow that might happen when calculations result in values that need larger storage types. For example:
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Pedram Ashofteh-Ardakani <pedram>![]() |
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Good to know Mohammad. I can take this one.