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> a developer tried to parse an integer without first validating the input and checking if it COULD be parsed

Is there a meaningful difference between validating that input can be parsed and parsing it?

Any validator that doesn't actually parse the data - according to the same rules the parser uses - runs a risk of incorrectly passing/failing certain cases, no?



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