7 Feb
2002
7 Feb
'02
2:45 a.m.
--- Tothwolf <tothwolf(a)concentric.net> wrote:
I use 0xDEADBEEF and 0xBEEFCAFE all the time. I once ran across 0xDEADBABE,
and promptly replaced that, lest a customer decide to browse the source.
Just a little too morbid. Another personal favorite is 0xe5e5e5e5 (which,
as the truly geek will remember, 0xe5 indicated a deleted file in the CP/M
directory entry).
On Wed, 6 Feb 2002, Jim Battle wrote:
0xFEEDFACE 0xDEADBEEF
-ethan My favorite bogus fill value/return code (because
it is obvious, not
because it traps if executed) is 0xDEADBEEF.
One I've often used is 0xDEADF00D, same meaning I suppose :)