# bool HintsActive()

[Family: Global](/imperivm/en/CKS/familias/global/)

## Exact signature

```text
bool HintsActive()
```

## Description

Checks whether a 32-bit field reached through a shared pointer is nonzero.

## Parameters and return type

**Return type:** `bool`

This signature takes no additional arguments.

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