From:	"A. Sinan Unur" <asu1 AT cornell DOT edu>
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Subject:	Re: boo hoo. my code crashes.
Date:	Wed, 19 Feb 1997 06:34:09 -0500
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Ove Kaaven wrote:
> nikki AT gameboutique DOT co (nikki) wrote:
> 
> >int huffman_encode ()
> >{
> >        struct node *histogram[NUM_SYMBOL_VALUES];
> >        struct node *huffman_tree;
> >        int encoded_stream_length;
> >        unsigned int i;
> >printf("a\n");
> >        /* initialize histogram */
> >        for (i=0; i<NUM_SYMBOL_VALUES; i++) histogram[i]= (struct node *) NULL;
> >printf("b\n");
> >}
> 
> "histogram" is a pointer to struct node, but does it point anywhere?
> I would recommend a malloc() call before writing into void:
> histogram=malloc(sizeof etc etc);

i would say it is an array of size NUM_SYMBOL_VALUES of pointers to
struct node.


   -- Sinan
 
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