SymbianSource
oss.FCL.sf.os.kernelhwsrv
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SymbianSource / oss.FCL.sf.os.kernelhwsrv
oss.FCL.sf.os.kernelhwsrv
Symbian OS Kernel
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Symbian OS Kernel
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| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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4 sourcesKSksherlock·Dec 30, 2025
The symbian source code is available. Looks like it uses a class-specific operator new() overload.
https://github.com/SymbianSource/oss.FCL.sf.os.kernelhwsrv/b...
2. Initialisation of the CBase derived object to binary zeroes through a specific CBase::operator new() - this means that members, whose initial value should be zero, do not have to be initialised in the constructor. This allows safe destruction of a partially-constructed object.
In A production bug that made me care about undefined behaviorYou can click through to view matching files: https://github.com/SymbianSource/oss.FCL.sf.os.kernelhwsrv/s...
In this case, it seems the answer is nothing. It’s just a bug in the GitHub language detection code.
In Symbian OS Kernel (2010)Here are the release notes for Symbian kernel
https://github.com/SymbianSource/oss.FCL.sf.os.kernelhwsrv/b...
1998 - 2010
In Symbian Source Code