Re: Have you ever had a bug caused by...

[Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen)]

In article <27085883.0110191714.784d3d25@posting.google.com>, mjsilva697@earthlink.net (Mike Silva) writes:
> While discussing (er, pushing) Ada with some C-coding co-workers today
> I asked a question to which I knew the answer (always the best kind!):
>  "Have you ever had a bug caused by accessing off the end of an
> array?"  Well, of course, they all had to say yes.  Then I started
> thinking of other bugs that they would have to admit to, and which
> wouldn't occur in Ada.  Nothing new here (Ada prevents many bugs...),
> but I thought it would be fun and useful to develop a group list as an
> Ada advocacy tool.  For example:
> 
> 
> Have you ever had a bug caused by accessing off the end of an array?
> 
> Have you ever had a bug caused by an implicit type conversion?
> 
> Have you ever had a bug caused by a variable getting set to a value
> outside its designed range?
> 
> Have you ever had a bug caused by different type sizes on different
> platforms?
> 
> Have you ever had a bug caused by mixing incompatible types?
> 
> Have you ever had a bug caused by passing parameters of incorrect
> types?
> 
> Have you ever had a bug caused by passing parameters in an incorrect
> order?
> 
> Have you ever had a bug caused by different data structure ordering on
> different platforms?
> 
> 
> And so on.  It might also be nice to have a section of "Have you ever
> wished you could..." questions.
> 
> Anyway, such a list strikes me as a potentially useful piece of
> advocacy, should anybody want to offer contributions.
> 
> Mike

Have you ever had a bug caused by changing the list of parameters
to a subroutine in many places, but missing one ?