From:	byrne AT katie DOT vnet DOT net (Paul Byrne)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	a rather strange error with global variables...
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Date:	21 Oct 1998 04:31:06 -0400
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To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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I've been getting some unusual errors with a program I'm writing.  I was
writing temporary code to help test some new classes.  I included the
following global variables:

char m[256][256];
int v[256][256];
int t[256][256];
int e[256][256];

and everything worked fine.  However, simply changing the order to

int e[256][256];
char m[256][256];
int v[256][256];
int t[256][256];

causes problems.  Everything compiles fine.  Running produces a SIGSEGV.
Further playing with the order produces a range of ugly errors.  In some
cases (under win95) the program kills the dos box and gives a dialog
box telling you to restart the machine (if you ignore this and run it again
it reboots the machine for you).  In another case, the program spewed
garbage to the screen (graphics, under allegro) and locked up the machine.
Running under dos (without the win95) didn't make any difference.

Is there some subtlety I'm missing here?

Thanks,
-paul

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