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geezerjay on Sept 26, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why undefined behavior may call a never-called fun...

> No. That's called "a bug".

You need to actively go against the most basic aspects of the programming language you're using to force undefined behavior into your code. So, it's not merely a bug. It's the direct result of incompetence, and one which no programmer can pin on his tools or even the programming language.

amptorn on Sept 26, 2017 [–]

> You need to actively go against the most basic aspects of the programming language you're using to force undefined behavior into your code.

Adding two ints together is potentially undefined behaviour.

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