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Subject: [jira] [Commented] (IO-323) What should happen in
 FileUtils.sizeOf[Directory] when an overflow takes place?
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Sebb commented on IO-323:
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What are the options? I can think of the following:

# throw a runtime exception
# ignore the problem
# return a "special" value, e.g. -1

The same problem may apply elsewhere in IO.
                
> What should happen in FileUtils.sizeOf[Directory] when an overflow takes place?
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: IO-323
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/IO-323
>             Project: Commons IO
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: Utilities
>    Affects Versions: 2.3
>         Environment: Apache Maven 3.0.4 (r1232337; 2012-01-17 03:44:56-0500)
> Maven home: C:\Java\apache-maven-3.0.4\bin\..
> Java version: 1.6.0_31, vendor: Sun Microsystems Inc.
> Java home: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_31\jre
> Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: Cp1252
> OS name: "windows 7", version: "6.1", arch: "amd64", family: "windows"
>            Reporter: Gary D. Gregory
>
> FileUtils.sizeOf[Directory] adds longs. What should happen when an overflow happens?

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