Memory mapped files have been a part of the Win32 API, but until recently, you were restricted to using C++ or PInvoke to write code that leverages memory mapped files in your application.

The first thing I need is a way to read the original source code. Although I'll begin by parsing one-liners, you'll eventually want to load larger source files, so I'll do it properly from the start.

In particular, memory mapped files need enough address space to allow a file to grow depending upon the application. Normally the space needs to be allocated, but rarely is all of it actually used.

I'm working on a Windows text editor using MSVC++ and WTL. One of the decisions I'm having some trouble with is how to perform I/O. I'd like to be able to ...

If you use C or C++, you have probably learned how to open a file and read data from it. Usually, we read a character or a line at a time. At least, it seems that way. The reality is there are usua… ...

I've seen programs where there's a correlation between running out of memory and dying with a segfault, but I don't get the connection. I know a segmentation fault is when you try to access memory ...

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However, next-generation applications may choose to access SCM directly via memory-mapped files. Hypervisors can abstract and present isolated SCM regions directly to different VMs as either ...