On Wednesday, 13 July 2016 at 09:04:20 UTC, ketmar wrote:
On Wednesday, 13 July 2016 at 07:14:04 UTC, Max Samukha wrote:
Undefined does not imply corrupt.
undefined means "undefined". there is nothing more to save,
nothing more to do, as you can't rely on a single bit. this
is... definition of undefined.
relying on defined state with undefined behavior is not only
dangerous, it is plainly invalid.
Not true. Undefined implies there *may* be something to save.
That is why programs like Steinberg Cubase do not simply bail out
on failure, but give users a chance to save a copy of their work.
In my experience with Cubase, state needed for recovery survived
the failure more often than not.
