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ajuc on Nov 29, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Swedish Exchange paralyzed by buy order for "-6 st...

Just validation of the input string would suffice. No need to use unsigned ints or promoted numerals.

KingMob on Nov 29, 2012 [–]

Well, that's a start, but any subsequent math would involve numbers not directly entered by the user, so it's not sufficient by itself.

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