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Re:C99 doesn't need function bodies, or 'VLAs are Turing com... by pjmlp on Thursday August 04, 2022 @01:13PM (#32345579)
Oh well...
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Re:C99 doesn't need function bodies, or 'VLAs are Turing com... by ynfnehf on Thursday August 04, 2022 @01:22PM (#32345696)
At least it is still optional to allow for stack allocated VLAs. Which is the attack vector you mentioned.
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Re:C99 doesn't need function bodies, or 'VLAs are Turing com... by legalcorrection on Thursday August 04, 2022 @10:19PM (#32350749)
Tell me, what’s wrong with variably modified types specifically?
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Re:C99 doesn't need function bodies, or 'VLAs are Turing com... by mananaysiempre on Friday August 05, 2022 @12:55AM (#32351863)
Sizeof, which used to be one of the very few things you could blindly do to an arbitrary (potentially UB-provoking) expression, can now have side effects.
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