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by adamnemecek 1779 days ago
Don't actually do this.
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The Linux kernel is using this for bounds checking. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28015263
Like the parent poster, when I read the article I assumed that there was no conceivable reason to ever use this feature in a real C program. Let me just say that I'm pleasantly surprised to be proven wrong!