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A side benefit of the 2GB address space limit for 32-bit Windows programs is that magic numbers are not valid pointers, and will instantly cause an access viola
by Dwedit 2y ago
A side benefit of the 2GB address space limit for 32-bit Windows programs is that magic numbers are not valid pointers, and will instantly cause an access violation if used.
- _tbyi 2y agoI chose my name partially for the 0xFEEEFEEE pattern that the Win32 HeapFree fills memory with in debug mode. I found it when I was very young in the debugger due to this very the reason and I've always loved the words in hex codes since!