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Simplifying the problem to an earlier problem.

The code in memory may not match what the debugger shows you if the debugger is itself is doing the changing.

Didn't even make it out of the gate.

The CPU doesn't see the entire write at once.

That's not something expressible in the Windows Runtime.

No meaningful difference, though others have created a difference.

C imposes some constraints, but the principle is mostly still there.

It's surprisingly complicated, but fortunately, somebody has done it for you.