Message-ID: <19991017144853.25231.rocketmail@web121.yahoomail.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Oct 1999 07:48:53 -0700 (PDT)
From: Mohamed Saad <bazramit AT yahoo DOT com>
Subject: Re: exit() makes my program crash!!!! (The solution)
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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--- Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 14 Oct 1999, Mohamed Saad wrote:
> 
> > i had a look
> > on the source code of exit() and i found it sets
> the
> > mode back to text mode before calling _exit()!
> 
> You didn't look deep enough under the hood.  The
> exit code calls the 
> `setmode' function to set the console device to the
> text (as opposed to 
> binary) mode, but that has nothing to do with
> switching the VGA to the 
> text mode.  The text/binary mode of the console has
> to do with 
> translation of CR-LF pairs into a single Newline
> character during DOS 
> I/O, it has nothing to do with the VGA mode.
> 
> > P.S. I have discovered that i do not free() some
> > malloc'ed() memory! may this be the reason?
> 
> No.  All memory is released automatically when the
> program exits.
> 
> > P.P.S. before i forget, can i combine new, delete,
> and
> > realloc??
> 
> This is a very bad idea.  In C++ programs you should
> use new and
> delete, not malloc and its friends.
> 


Ummm... yeah! i misunderstood the purpose of the
setmode() function! sorry! well... now my problem is
over! thank you! :)

Urs forever,
   Mohamed El Dawy

P.S. er... so, how can i implement realloc() using
C++?? 






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