alt Hacker NewsIf it is defined as an error, but the compiled build will continue to run with the value wrapped around, I would say that's indistinguishable from UB.
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12_throw_away • today at 3:19 PM
No. An integer getting deterministically set to an unintended value is a bug. A bug is not the same thing as UB. (Even if it were non-deterministic, it would still not be anything like UB.) It's not the same ballpark, not even the same sport.
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It's indistinguishable from unspecified behavior, not from undefined behavior. Unspecified behavior has to pick from a finite list of allowed behaviors. Undefined behavior can do anything.