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Subject: [Bitcoin-development] Bug in key.cpp
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I think i see a bug:

line 273 of key.cpp

        if (rec<0 || rec>=3)
            return false;

Afaict, 3 is a perfectly valid value, meaning 25% of sig-> key recoveries
would fail erroneously...

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div>I think i see a bug:<br><br>line 273 of key.cpp<br><b=
r>=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 if (rec&lt;0 || rec&gt;=3D3)<b=
r>=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 return=
 false;<br><br></div>Afaict, 3 is a perfectly valid value, meaning 25% of s=
ig-&gt; key recoveries would fail erroneously...<br>
<div><br></div><div><br></div></div>

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