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Re:You can't copy code with memcpy by withinrafael on Thursday December 30, 2021 @12:51PM (#29739111)
How did it break? COMDAT usage is optional today. (Perhaps it wasn't when first created?)
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Re:You can't copy code with memcpy by WalterBright on Thursday December 30, 2021 @01:29PM (#29739659)
COMDATs aren't placed sequentially by the linker. Also, zero initialized data got placed in a separate section.
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