Re: What can I do?

Cesar Rabak wrote:
> jacob navia escreveu:
>> Consider this program:
>> int fn(int a)
>> {
>>
>>         if (a == 6 || a == 7 || a == 4 || a == 67 || a == 78 &&
>>         a == 6 || a == 7 || a == 4 || a == 67 || a == 78 &&
>>         a == 6 || a == 7 || a == 4 || a == 67 || a == 78 &&
>>         a == 6 || a == 7 || a == 4 || a == 67 || a == 78 &&
>>
>>     (4955 lines exactly the same as above elided)
>>
>>         a == 6 || a == 7 || a == 4 || a == 67 || a == 78 &&
>>         a == 6 || a == 7 || a == 4 || a == 67 || a == 78 )
>>                 return 1;
>>         return 0;
>> }
> 
> Just a curiosity: "exactly the same as above..." means "with the same 
> structure" or "the exactly same comparisons?
> 

With the same structure. The customer code does NOT do the same
comparisons of course. The customer code is testing several variables
against a thousands long list of possible values. The structure is the
same. I used the same lines to reproduce the bug easily with a
text editor.

> 
> I _think_ there is an implicit limit if you consider the definition of a

> "logical source line" from 5.1.1.2 and the limit of 4095 characters in a

>  logical source line...

That *could* be an argumentation. Thanks.