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From: Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de>
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Subject: Re: is Vax addressing sane today
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2024 16:59:24 -0000 (UTC)
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Kent Dickey <kegs@provalid.com> schrieb:

> Trapping on overflow is basically useless other than as a debug aid,
> which clearly nobody values.

I disagree.

Look at the sanitizer libraries, which insert runtime checks for
integer overflow - having less overhead for these would definitely
be a plus.

See https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Instrumentation-Options.html
or
https://github.com/google/sanitizers/wiki/AddressSanitizerFlags#run-time-flags
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