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		j4nek on Jan 24, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Git source code audit, viewed as a Rust progra... thank you for sharing this post. :) can somebody give an example for the line: `int len = slen; // Here if slen is too big, it loops backs to 0` what happens if slen is to big? all bits in len are zero? (sorry for this noob question btw, just started with c programming) :)

rhdunn on Jan 24, 2023 [–]

Yes. Imagine you have a 2-bit integer. `11 + 1` in binary is `100`. The last `1` does not fit so only the remaining `00` gets included. The same applies for any N-bit integer.

j4nek on Jan 24, 2023 | [–]

thank you - got it this way! :)

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