Integer Overflow or Underflow is dangerous

Created: 2022-05-13
Tags: #permanent

Real-World examples with disaster consequences already happened such as the crash of Ariane 5 rocket. It was unable to handle the unexpectedly high readings resulting integer overflow.

It is when a number exceeds with the accepted number range of a data type.
This error is tricky to detect as the compiler may show

• no errors given by compiler but wrong result or
• might show no error at all or
• luckily will give you an error.

Conclusion:
Its important to know the accepted range of numbers in your data types