Comment by tlb
6 hours ago
But in fact no modern processor/OS executes this either. Pages are marked as executable or not, and static data is loaded as non-executable pages.
6 hours ago
But in fact no modern processor/OS executes this either. Pages are marked as executable or not, and static data is loaded as non-executable pages.
that is why it was not "static const char buf[]" ;) it was not an accident
executable stacks are still common (incl on windows with some settings), and sometimes they are required (eg for gcc nested functions)
That won't be located on the stack either. The underlying buffer will be a TU local - ie static and not rx
Good grief, what a useless argument. Isn't it obvious that this could trivially be converted to a non-static array if that's really what was needed?
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