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		withinrafael on Dec 30, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: You can't copy code with memcpy How did it break? COMDAT usage is optional today. (Perhaps it wasn't when first created?)

WalterBright on Dec 30, 2021 [–]

COMDATs aren't placed sequentially by the linker. Also, zero initialized data got placed in a separate section.

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