The Dangers of Truncation in Programming (WizbangTech)

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The Dangers of Truncation in Programming

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Published: Feb 6, 07 08:09 AM

Warning: Truncation produces sometimes unexpected results:

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I bet that seemed like the right number of characters at the time.

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I'd been looking for the co... (Below threshold)

1. Posted by snowballs | February 6, 2007 10:03 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

snowballs:

I'd been looking for the code (really just the simple script) to do that, and I found it after a few days that fit the specific application I was working on. I didn't implement it for some reason - I forget why, and now I'm glad I spaced it.

OT, but Thomas - do you have any news on the root DNS server attack that's been reported? ( http://isc.sans.org/ ) ...and AP and Drudge have reports on it.

1. Posted by snowballs | February 6, 2007 10:03 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Posted on February 6, 2007 22:03

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