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From: | ao950 AT FreeNet DOT Carleton DOT CA (Paul Derbyshire) |
Newsgroups: | comp.os.msdos.djgpp |
Subject: | Re: Q: How to check validity of a pointer? |
Date: | 14 Jan 1998 12:19:00 GMT |
Organization: | The National Capital FreeNet |
Lines: | 12 |
Message-ID: | <69iafk$a2d@freenet-news.carleton.ca> |
References: | <Pine DOT SUN DOT 3 DOT 91 DOT 980114132256 DOT 8730P-100000 AT is> |
Reply-To: | ao950 AT FreeNet DOT Carleton DOT CA (Paul Derbyshire) |
NNTP-Posting-Host: | freenet2.carleton.ca |
To: | djgpp AT delorie DOT com |
DJ-Gateway: | from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp |
There is one situation where realloc and friends could either crash, or return a bogus non-NULL pointer; and that is a corrupt arena resulting from an earlier bad pointer write. -- .*. Friendship, companionship, love, and having fun are the reasons for -() < life. All else; sex, money, fame, etc.; are just to get/express these. `*' Send any and all mail with attachments to the hotmail address please. Paul Derbyshire ao950 AT freenet DOT carleton DOT ca pgd73 AT hotmail DOT com
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