gosh, i see this "weird allocator trick" to be exceptionally insightful as to the possible attacks that and likely vulnerabilities that may be introduced into code.

One of the biggest issues for a development team isn't how to do something, but how to do something so that someone (who has taken over the project) won't screw it up in 10 years when you and all your cohorts have left and are island hoping and coconut drink doing.