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Re:On self-modifying executables in Rust by mmozeiko on Saturday January 29, 2022 @02:37AM (#30124551)
That's not really what's happening with such C++ code. `static` variables are placed in normal writeable global memory. Only difference with such static is that compiler generates extra "bool" variable and checks it to initialize obj only on first run (threadsafe on C++11 and up).

You can see example here: https://godbolt.org/z/7f1qbh5r5

There are no code modifications - all compiler generated is extra byte check ("if" statement) and then acquire/release lock around constructor to be threadsafe.

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Re:On self-modifying executables in Rust by interroboink on Tuesday February 01, 2022 @11:39PM (#30173776)
Some more good discussion here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/63568992/can-compilers-g...

I guess it's not commonplace these days, but it is still allowed, it seems. I feel like my initial run-in with the concept was on some embedded systems stuff long ago, so maybe that was a more esoteric compiler.

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