[Paraview] BUG :Infinite Loop when MultiBlockDataSet.SetBlock with a NumberOfBlock < 0

[Robert Maynard]

SetBlock expects an unsigned integer for the block number. Passing in -1
causes the unsigned integer to rollover and become 4294967295.

2010/4/28 Aurélien Marsan <aur.marsan at gmail.com>

> Hello,
>
> A funny bug.
> I wanted to do MultiBlockDataSet.SetBlock(numbloc, ...)     with numbloc <
> 0
>
> This operation has taken all the memory of the cluster I work on.... and
> all my colleages too.
> Fortunately I closed all processes before the drama.
>
> Something to avoid this infinite loop would be welcome... !
>
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Robert Maynard
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