Date:	Sat, 17 Mar 2001 09:55:42 +0200
From:	"Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To:	Sahab Yazdani <sahaby AT operamail DOT com>
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	Fri, 16 Mar 2001 20:24:35 -0500)
Subject:	Re: the follies of new...
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> From: Sahab Yazdani <sahaby AT operamail DOT com>
> Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
> Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 20:24:35 -0500
> 
> void foo() {
> 	bar = new bar();
> 	fprintf( stderr, "bar[afterinit]: %x\n", bar );
> 
> 	fprintf( stderr, "bar[beforedestruct]: %x\n", bar );
> 	delete bar;
> }
> 
> the strangeness is that the first time this function is called I get 
> this (these are actual results of my program, obvoisly using function 
> foo as an example):
> 
> bar[afterinit]: 0x45eb8
> bar[ondestruct]: 0x45eb8
> bar[oninit]: 0xff4f31f0
> bar[ondestruct]: 0xff4f31f0
> SIGSEGV afterwards
> 
> this shows that the pointer doesn't shift, so the code is okay, but the 
> address of the second set of pointers points to memory in the 4GB 
> region, which my computer doesn't have (although I wish it did :-)).

You didn't say what does the bar's constructor do.  I'm guessing that
the key to unlock this is there.

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