Avoid undefined behavior in be32decode#6284
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When GAP is built with UBSAN, the undefined behavior sanitizer, the sanitizer emits this warning:
The affected code in
be32decodeperforms bitwise operations on values of typeUInt1. Section 6.3.1.1 of the C standard requires that such 8-bit values be promoted to typeintprior to performing the operations. The promotion introduces a sign bit and leads to a left shift that cannot be represented in theinttype. This change keeps the values unsigned at all times to avoid undefined left shifts.Text for release notes
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I am not claiming that the current code produces incorrect results. Most likely it produces correct results on all supported architectures with current compilers. However, undefined behavior can lead to problems in the future if a new compiler optimization assumes that undefined behavior never occurs.