Correct data corruption tests #613
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Replace "256 - byte" with "~byte" as an example of data corruption. I don't know what the person writing that thought, but if the byte happens to be equal exactly 128 then 256 - 128 = 128, nothing gets corrupted, and the tests fail. They do occasionally fail, when the stars are just right, this was attributed to some issue in the token parsers of Secure Cell which ignored some of the bytes. Now all that code has been updated to be more strict so *any* changes in the data should be reliably detected and result in a failure.
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256 - bytewith~byteas an example of data corruption. I don't know what the person writing that was thinking, but if the byte happens to be equal exactly 128 then 256 – 128 = 128, nothing gets corrupted, and the tests fail. They do occasionally fail, when the stars are just right, this was attributed to some issue in the token parsers of Secure Cell which ignored some of the bytes. Now all that code has been updated to be more strict so any changes in the data should be reliably detected and result in a failure.Checklist