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		UncleEntity on Nov 28, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: GCC undefined behaviors are getting wild > Every memory access is already a conditional branch, and it doesn't cause problems. Is that how it actually works or is it the kernel/hardware not letting you dereference 0?

codedokode on Nov 28, 2022 [–]

I mean every memory access can cause an exception and handling an exception is a kind of branch.

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