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tptacekyesterday at 5:08 PM1 replyview on HN

Yes it is. They're not not false positives until they're reported and consume maintainer time.


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lambdaonetoday at 12:51 PM

False positives can be eliminated mechanistically by testing if they actually work, in a sufficiently isolated automated test apparatus.

The hard thing is reducing detected crashes to well-formulated test cases that help rather than hinder maintainers.