> The issue I happen to be working on right now is: the operating system returns an incorrect value, for a particular function call, in many cases. Yes! Great

> The issue I happen to be working on right now is: the operating system returns an incorrect value, for a particular function call, in many cases. Yes! Great example. So the right way is to fix the bug. The bug is not in your source code and fixing a bug in someone else's source code that you rely on is not cost effective because, in the words of Bob Dylan, "everything is broken."