HEX Speaks
While debugging applications, we have to face raw memory in many cases, and knowing some magic number can be a great help to find a clue of the problem.
For example:
- 0xBAADF00D means uninitialized allocated heap memory.
- 0xABCDBBBA, 0xABCDBBBB, 0xABCDAAAA, 0xDBCAAAAA … in page heap block structure
There are some more to find at
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexspeak
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_number_(programming)#Magic_debug_values
