Re: [xml] Segfaults on FreeBSD when using XPath....

[David Frascone <dave frascone com>]

On Thu, Jun 07, 2001 at 09:42:05PM +0200, Gabriel Ambuehl wrote:
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> Hello David,
> Thursday, June 07, 2001, 9:21:48 PM, you wrote:
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> > Running it in a debugger shows that path->nodesetval->nodeTab is
> > NULL.  
>
> > You should probably check all pointers for NULL before you attempt
> > to de- reference them.
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> 1) It isn't my own code, I found it on the list and assumed it would
>    work.
> 2) How should I find a NULL ptr when there is
>    xmlXPathInit();
>    without any params?
>
> In my very case, I don't even get to the path line because it crashes
> during the xmlXPathInit() call...

No it doesn't.  Do a printf("a\n") after the xmlXPathInit() call.  It's
crashing DURING your print, not before.


-Dave