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From: "Michael A Chase" <mchase AT ix DOT netcom DOT com>
To: "Michael A Chase" <mchase AT ix DOT netcom DOT com>,
   "Robert Collins" <robert DOT collins AT itdomain DOT com DOT au>,
   <cygwin-apps AT sources DOT redhat DOT com>
Subject: Re: setup crashing - fixed? (TNG)
Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2002 22:51:56 -0800
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael A Chase" <mchase AT ix DOT netcom DOT com>
To: "Robert Collins" <robert DOT collins AT itdomain DOT com DOT au>;
<cygwin-apps AT sources DOT redhat DOT com>
Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2002 22:49
Subject: Re: setup crashing - fixed?


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robert Collins" <robert DOT collins AT itdomain DOT com DOT au>
> To: <cygwin-apps AT sources DOT redhat DOT com>
> Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2002 22:41
> Subject: setup crashing - fixed?
>
>
> > site (char const *newkey)
> > {
> >   key = new char[strlen (newkey + 1)];
> >                                ^^^^^
> >     strcpy (key, newkey);
> > };
> >
> > However, fixing that DID NOT fix the problem (although I had isolated
> > the fault to this constructor by means of replacement new and new[]
> > calls using HeapAlloc, combined with HeapValidate().)
> >
> > Moving the constructor body out of the header fixed the problem. I don't
> > have time to generate a testcase, but if anyone does have time, I'm sure
> > the gcc team would appreciate knowing about this. The fault occured when
> > that constructor was called from a template instantiation of list.h.
>
> I hope you moved the '+ 1' outside the strlen() as well.


You did.
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