Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] imap: replace atoi() with strtol_i() for UIDVALIDITY and UIDNEXT parsing

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> On Mon, Oct 21, 2024 at 12:27:05PM +0000, Usman Akinyemi wrote:
> > On Mon, Oct 21, 2024 at 12:20 PM Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> wrote:
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> > > On Fri, Oct 18, 2024 at 01:53:00PM +0000, Usman Akinyemi via GitGitGadget wrote:
> > > > From: Usman Akinyemi <usmanakinyemi202@gmail.com>
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> > > > Replaced unsafe uses of atoi() with strtol_i() to improve error handling
> > > > when parsing UIDVALIDITY, UIDNEXT, and APPENDUID in IMAP commands.
> > > > Invalid values, such as those with letters,
> > > > now trigger error messages and prevent malformed status responses.
> > >
> > > The line break after "letters," is a bit funny.
> > I just noticed that I will change it.
> > >
> > > It would also be nice to point out why this commit doesn't add any new
> > > tests. I guess the answer is that we don't have any tests for
> > > git-imap-send(1) at all, which is too bad, but a fair excuse and not a
> > > problem of your patch. So introducing such tests would be too much to
> > > ask.
> > I can try, but, why was it not introduced before, is there a reason ?
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> I think it's mostly that we'd have to have an IMAP server available to
> test sending emails properly, so the test setup would be comparatively
> involved. Nobody felt like doing that, and thus we don't have any tests
> :)
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> Patrick
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