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WishUnderflow (infosec.pub)

submitted 2 days ago by merari42@lemmy.world to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] savvywolf@pawb.social 29 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I had a visceral reaction to this because obviously the wish count should be decremented before the wish takes place. Even though I can't think up a convincing technical argument for it.

[–] tyler@programming.dev 1 points 1 day ago

You’d need a check to make sure they don’t wish for something not allowed (like more wishes).

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