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This can be an issue with Tail Call Optimization.

 

To avoid the issue with the "missing END" marker due to Tail Call Optimization, please, just put an intrinsic __nop() after the END macro marker. You could also edit the definition of the END marker (or create your own wrapper for it) where you add at the end the "__nop();" instruction. Example:

 

 VM_START;

 

 MessageBoxW(0, L"Hello world!", 0, 0);

 

 VM_END;

 

 __nop();   // prevent TCO in this function