From:	"Chaos" <chengin AT alpha DOT net DOT pl>
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Subject:	Re: free() error
Date:	Sat, 14 Oct 2000 13:50:13 +0200
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Organization:	Chaos Engine
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>I recently had a very similar problem.  My program seemed to work fine
>in debug mode, but when I compiled a release version it would crash
>every time with a similar error in free.  It turned out that I had
>forgotten to initialize some buffer size information.
>
>Check and make sure that _all_ of your variables have been initialized,
>and that you're not deleting objects which have already been deleted.
>Run your program under a debugger or stick printf's everywhere and
>carefully examine the state of your variables.  See if any of them have
>been corrupted or uninitialized.
>
>Damon Casale, damon AT redshift DOT com
>Just a friendly pointer...

Okidoki. I'm gonna do so.

Take care.
-=| Chaos |=-
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