Tag Archives: code-gen

Add a const here, delete a const there…

Posted on January 8, 2017 by brucedawson

Update, February 2019: Two years later the VC++ bug I reported here still exists, even in VS 2019 preview. However Chromium no longer builds with VC++ so I’m reverting the changes where I deleted const in order to make some … Continue reading →

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Zeroing Memory is Hard (VC++ 2015 arrays)

Posted on July 17, 2016 by brucedawson

Quick, what’s the difference between these two C/C++ definitions of initialized local variables? char buffer[32] = { 0 };char buffer[32] = {}; One difference is that the first is legal in C and C++, whereas the second is only legal … Continue reading →

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