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Re: [std-proposals] Standardising 0xdeadbeef for pointers

From: Frederick Virchanza Gotham <cauldwell.thomas_at_[hidden]>
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2025 20:18:37 +0100
On Friday, July 25, 2025, Oliver Hunt wrote:

>
> If you decide carte blanche “0xbadbeef” must be an invalid pointer you’ve
> literally just made large allocations impossible on 32 bit machines by
> fracturing the address space.
>



Hence this discussion.

Received on 2025-07-25 19:18:39