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On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 7:49 AM, Shani Hadiyanto Pribadi <

shanipribadi@gmx.net> wrote:
> That's it. Apparently the cause of segfault is dereferencing the pointer

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> when there's no data.

> After adding checks for available data the segfault does not happen

> anymore.

>

> It never occured to me that was the cause because on the C version,

> accessing the pointer when there's no data

> returns 0x6a but didn't segfault.

>

accessing an undefined pointer has undefined results. you can rely on that.

in C, in C++ and in any other language with pointers.
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On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 7:49 AM, Shani H=

adiyanto Pribadi <shanipribadi@gmx.net> wrote:

That's it. Apparently the cause of segfault is dereferencing the pointe=

r when there's no data.After adding checks for available data the s=

egfault does not happen anymore.It never occured to me that was the=

 cause because on the C version, accessing the pointer when there's no =

data
returns 0x6a but didn't segfault. accessing a=

n undefined pointer has undefined results. you can rely on that. in C, in C=

++ and in any other language with pointers.
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