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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taint_checking provides a way to catch this type of bug. But it is not implemented in most languages.

You could also do clever things with type systems in a language with sufficiently complex type checking, but nobody seems to do that either.

Unfortunately our industry rewards getting stuff done, and not getting stuff done right. (PHP being an extreme example.) So this state of affairs is likely to remain.



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