Good point. Is it at least possible for cf-agent to notice when a value such as this (really any integer) overflows, and at least print a warning about it in the log? In fact, I'd actually prefer that it abort -- I'd rather cf-agent not do anything at all than to attempt to repair promises based on overflowing variables.
Paul Krizak 7171 Southwest Pkwy MS B200.3A MTS Systems Engineer Austin, TX 78735 Advanced Micro Devices Desk: (512) 602-8775 Linux/Unix Systems Engineering Cell: (512) 791-0686 Global IT Infrastructure Fax: (512) 602-0468 On 08/30/2011 09:40 AM, Mark Burgess wrote: > On 08/30/2011 06:21 PM, Paul Krizak wrote: >> This sounds like a bug...shouldn't the syntax parser prevent you from >> setting the value larger than an unsigned int? An arbitrary "999999999" >> or whatever isn't very useful. >> >> Paul Krizak 7171 Southwest Pkwy MS B200.3A >> MTS Systems Engineer Austin, TX 78735 >> Advanced Micro Devices Desk: (512) 602-8775 >> Linux/Unix Systems Engineering Cell: (512) 791-0686 >> Global IT Infrastructure Fax: (512) 602-0468 >> >> On 08/30/2011 12:45 AM, Nicolas Charles wrote: > > There is no such thing really as a universal limit on this size. What if > half your machines are 64 bit > and 32 bit, or 16 bit, or 8 bit phones..... It is only a protection > against the simplest of stupidities ;-) > > M > _______________________________________________ > Help-cfengine mailing list > Help-cfengine@cfengine.org > https://cfengine.org/mailman/listinfo/help-cfengine > _______________________________________________ Help-cfengine mailing list Help-cfengine@cfengine.org https://cfengine.org/mailman/listinfo/help-cfengine
