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by AndyKelley 378 days ago
TigerBeetle uses ReleaseSafe optimization mode, which means that the pointer was in fact initialized to 0xaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. Since nothing is mapped to this address, it reliably causes a segfault. This is equivalent to an assertion failure.
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That’s good to hear! Thanks for the clarification.