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Maybe a timeout. Some part of a value returned 0 if it didn’t return in time.
by basch 4y ago
Maybe a timeout. Some part of a value returned 0 if it didn’t return in time.
- coin 4y agoSounds like poor error handing. 0 is valid value is not a substitute for no data or error.
- sudhirj 4y agoNot according to the article, the values returned were within the realm of possibility, but wrong. Giving out zeroes might have actually been fine, it’s easy enough to realise there’s a problem if you see your plane weighs 0 pounds.
- basch 4y agoHence “some part of a value.” Such as weight=plane+fuel+people+luggage. If one of the variables became 0 you’d still have the other 3. It was a low enough value to have made multiple pilots question its value that day, like fuel or passenger load was missing completely.
- advisedwang 4y agoI mean it might be just one part. E.g. luggage gets counted as zero but passenger weight, fuel weight and aircraft weight correct - that might be pluausible but low.
- dehrmann 4y agoClassic pokemon exception handling.