Re: [Q] seg-fault in malloc?

[Gary Polhill]

Gary Polhill wrote:
> 
> Some general questions that might shed light on the matter:
> 
> I use xmalloc (provided by the Swarm libraries) to allocate memory in
> some of my objects. Is this frowned upon? What should I be using?
> 
> Is it OK to free a pointer allocated using xmalloc? (Is there some other
> function than free that I should use to do this?)
> 

In general, it helps if, when allocating memory, you make sure you
allocate enough space for what you will be putting into it ;-) 

Found the bug -- it was in my code, of course....

Sorry for clogging up your mailboxes.

Gary

-- 

Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen. AB15 8QH
Tel: +44 (0) 1224 318611               Email: address@hidden

                  ==================================
   Swarm-Support is for discussion of the technical details of the day
   to day usage of Swarm.  For list administration needs (esp.
   [un]subscribing), please send a message to <address@hidden>
   with "help" in the body of the message.