On Tue, Jul 14, 2015, at 12:09 PM, Wim Lewis wrote:
> It checks whether a given address range is mapped (or equivalent
> terminology on Windows). Windows has another function that programmers
> like to use, IsBadReadPtr(), that does something similar.
Raymond Chen (compatibility engineer at Micros
> On Jul 14, 2015, at 11:22 AM, Scott Ribe wrote:
>
> This is a definite FUGGEDABOUTIT situation.
I already have!
-rags
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On Jul 14, 2015, at 11:09 AM, Wim Lewis wrote:
>
> It checks whether a given address range is mapped (or equivalent terminology
> on Windows). Windows has another function that programmers like to use,
> IsBadReadPtr(), that does something similar.
No, it doesn't. It is *DOCUMENTED* to do that
> On Jul 14, 2015, at 10:09 AM, Wim Lewis wrote:
>
> If you don't know (with enough certainty to omit a call to IsValidAddress)
> whether a pointer is readable, you certainly don't know whether the data
> there is what you expect to be there.
Plus, preflighting access this way involves race c
On Jul 14, 2015, at 9:44 AM, Jens Alfke wrote:
>> On Jul 14, 2015, at 9:13 AM, Raglan T. Tiger wrote:
>>
>> Is there a Cocoa or OS X equivalent to the Windows function
>> AfxIsValidAddress ?
>
> I don’t know, I’m not a Windows programmer. It would help if you
On Jul 14, 2015, at 10:44 AM, Jens Alfke wrote:
>
> I don’t know, I’m not a Windows programmer. It would help if you told us what
> that function does.
It appears to be a placebo for debugging memory problems:
<http://ofekshilon.com/2011/01/31/afxisvalidaddress-et-al-dont-work-a
> On Jul 14, 2015, at 9:13 AM, Raglan T. Tiger wrote:
>
> Is there a Cocoa or OS X equivalent to the Windows function AfxIsValidAddress
> ?
I don’t know, I’m not a Windows programmer. It would help if you told us what
that function
Is there a Cocoa or OS X equivalent to the Windows function AfxIsValidAddress ?
Or, is this even a valid consideration for OS X?
-rags
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