On 09 December 2007 06:16, Peter Gutmann wrote:
> Reading through "Secure Programming with Static
Analysis", I noticed an
> observation in the text that newer versions of gcc such
as 3.4.4 and 4.1.2
> treat the pattern:
>
> "memset(?, 0, ?)"
>
> differently from any other memset in that it's not
optimised out.
> Can anyone who knows more about gcc development provide
more insight on
> this? Could it be made an official, supported feature
of the compiler?
I'm sure it could; why not raise it on the GCC mailing
list? It sounds like
all it would involve would be a patch to the documentation
and maybe a comment
in the source.
cheers,
DaveK
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