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Swapping two blocks of memory that reside inside a larger block, in constant memory

· Raymond Chen · Jan. 1, 2026, 3:10 p.m.

Code Old New Thing Memory Management programming techniques software development

Summary

This blog post discusses a variation of the constant-memory rotation technique for swapping blocks of memory within a larger block.

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