From: wyu AT infograph DOT com (Wei Yu)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.c,comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Bus error with g++.
Date: 18 Sep 1996 16:42:05 GMT
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In article <51ofn5$9do AT lion DOT cs DOT latrobe DOT edu DOT au>, 
cs3prj04 AT lion DOT cs DOT latrobe DOT edu DOT au says...
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>I am getting a bus error in t_delete immediatley after a call to malloc
>(see below - look for BUS ERROR). It happens in a rather large program after 
>one particular modulehas been called and terminated. This module reads a file 
>into an array of strings for viewing. The module concerned is to large to 
>include in here but it does execute and terminate normally.
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>Does this mean anything to anyone?
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>.....
Looks like your program corrupted the heap. Best way to check your memory
is using something like purify and most likely your program did some out of
bounds memory writing.

Wei Yu
wyu AT infograph DOT com