Integer hack (C/C++ typecast hack)

[BoR0]

This hack is used to store a string in integer.

The following example shows how one can store string "BoR0 ; )", 0
in 2 integers.

(Note: AT&T syntax is used for O/S'es like FreeBSD, etc)

[moniker]

asuming an int is a 32bit quantity

wouldn't this work too

[BoR0]

The idea with shifts and ors is a good one.

Anyway, what inspired me to code this hack was an op saying "You cannot store strings in an integer" on the #C channel on IRC

[moniker]

goes to show the level of intelligence on IRC from time to time

i like the reinterpret cast too, although not C, but C++
it's basicly telling the compiler: "F*CK OFF i know what i'm doing."

[BoR0]

That's the spirit. You and I have the same meaning

[parabytes]

I'm not much into HLL....

But didn't you forget one '%s' in the windows code?

[Knight]

And why to use inline asm when you can do this:

str1 = 0x30526F42;
str2 = 0x293B20;

Result the same, so asm no needed here.

And about that guy form irc... It looks like he has no idea how computers works. Isolated from real world in hll cage. But some time ago i was the same. Asm makes you understand things in very different way, and i like that

Regards,
Knight

[BoR0]

parabytes: I tried it on Windows, works only with one "%s".. probably because it stores the data one after another, *nix does not so..

Knight: yes, that is another way of doing it

[parabytes]

Ah yeah, cause the str1 has no \0 char at the end of it

Then pushing str2 is redundant since the function isn't usin' it anyway...