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Typical errors of porting C++ code on the 64-bit platform
- Introduction
- Off-warnings
- Use of the functions with a variable number of arguments
- Magic numbers
- Bit shifting operations
- Storing of pointer addresses
- Memsize types in unions
- Change of an array type
- Virtual functions with arguments of memsize type
- Serialization and data exchange
- Pointer address arithmetic
- Arrays indexing
- Mixed use of simple integer types and memsize types
- Implicit type conversions while using functions
- Overload functions
- Data alignment
- The use of outdated functions and predefined constants
- Explicit type conversions
- Error diagnosis
- Unit test
- Code review
- Built-in means of compilers
- Static analyzers
- Conclusion
- Resources
Error diagnosis
The diagnosis of the errors occurring while porting 32-bit programs on 64-bit systems is a difficult task. The port of a not very quality code written without taking into account peculiarities of other architectures, may demand a lot of time and efforts. That’s why we’ll pay some attention to the description of methods and means which may simplify this task.
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