From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
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Subject: Re: Weird : Segmentation fault on fwrite :(
Date: 2 May 2000 13:53:43 GMT
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HPMAN <mwa DOT p AT infonie DOT fr> wrote:
> Isn't the '&' supposed to be implicit with arrays ?

No. It's somewhat close to that, but not really the same thing.  The
'&' is implicit *if* the array variable's name is used 'in a pointer
context'. You may have to read all of K&R2 or the ANSI C standard document
to fully understand what that phrase means, exactly.

> Why does it work in a program and not in another one ???

Because that other program most likely has a bug elsewhere. Just because
it's fwrite() that triggers the crash doesn't mean it has anything to
do with its real reason. Most probably your code wrote outside the bounds
of allocated storage, damaging the FILE* contents or malloc()'s internal
book-keeping data.
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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.