From: sparhawk AT eunet DOT at (Gerhard Gruber)
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Subject: Re: Moving variable down in class fixes crash...
Date: Thu, 03 Sep 1998 09:54:46 GMT
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From: Gruber Gerhard
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Date: Thu, 03 Sep 1998 10:06:50 +0200:

>I have this simple class:
>
>class::sprite {
>public:
>  long x,y;
>  long type;
>  BITMAP *frame; // yep, i'm using allegro 8-)
>  // and some more stuff below..
>}
>
>Before I added the "long type" everything was fine but now the program
>crashes. However, if I move the "long type" below the "BITMAP *frame"
>everything's working again. Why is this?

Usually this kind of error indicates that you overwrite the stack somwehere.
This type of error is hard to track. :) You can try to insert printf()
somewhere along the code, because this changes also the stack, and then see if
it crashes. If it does then move the printf() upward (logically) in your code
until the no longer happens and the real error should be around that spot.

Probably somebody else has a better idea.

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