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Subject:	Re: What's wrong with this code snippet ?
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> // Set each element of the kill list to 999
> void empty_kill_list(int *list)
> {
>   memset(list, 999, sizeof(int) * NUM_TILES);
> }

Hi,

Very simple...
the memset function prototype is :
memset(void *ptr, char c, unsigned long size)
The second arg is a CHAR. It means is in 8bits,
it also means you cannot go over 255 using memset.
That is why you cannot set your array to 999.
Memset is only useful when you need to initialize an
array to 0.
It is not much more slower to use a for loop. The
compiler will surely optimize it to a rep sto instructions.

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