microsoft / microsoft/terminal

Remove usages of old safe math

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Description

There are approximately 79 uses of old safe math. (a.k.a. the LongAdd, ShortAdd, and friends from intsafe.h).

This task represents removing them and transitioning them to an appropriate safe/saturating math function from the chromium safe math library introduced in #4144.

After removing usages of the old safe math functions, also remove the intsafe.h header.

Files with old safe math as of this writing:

  • TerminalControl: TSFInputControl.cpp
  • TerminalCore: TerminalDispatch.cpp
  • TerminalCore: TerminalSelection.cpp
  • Host: directio.cpp
  • RendererGdi: invalidate.cpp
  • RendererGdi: math.cpp
  • RendererGdi: paint.cpp
  • RendererVt: paint.cpp
  • TerminalAdapter: adaptDispatch.cpp
  • Types: viewport.cpp
  • Types: WindowUiaProviderBase.cpp

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reviewing the Chromium safe math library introduced in #4144, then inspect the listed usages in TSFInputControl.cpp, TerminalDispatch.cpp, TerminalSelection.cpp, directio.cpp, the RendererGdi and RendererVt files, adaptDispatch.cpp, viewport.cpp, and WindowUiaProviderBase.cpp. Done means all old LongAdd, ShortAdd, and related usages are transitioned appropriately and the intsafe.h header is removed.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
cli
Issue type
Refactor
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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