Re: g_string and core dumps

[Erik Mouw <J A K Mouw its tudelft nl>]

On Wed, 20 Oct 1999 19:08:36 -0400, Charles Puffer wrote:
> I have been working on a gtk/gnome app and have run into a problem.
> I would like to use the g_string_* functions of glib but as soon as I do
> anything more than a null string my application crashes. Not right away
> but a few lines later when I go to create my primary widgit.

Sounds like you're messing with uninitialized pointers and/or array
boundaries.

> Has anyone seen this before?

Yes, it's a very common error in C programs.

> I will post more info like source or outputs if there is anyone
> interested in helping me. For now I am going to use 'C' str* functions.

Show us the code and we might be able to help you.


Erik

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