compiler fails to know the type of memory to be pointed to (int,
char...etc.) by p... thus leading to a runtime error !
the modified code compiles :
int *p;main(){*p=0;}
On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 8:51 PM, Saurabh Paliwal <
[email protected]> wrote:
> because p is a dangling pointer and that you can't modify what it's
> pointing to.
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> On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 7:10 PM, Shubham Sandeep <
> [email protected]> wrote:
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>> how does this code achieve SIGSEGV????
>> code:
>> *p;main(){*p=0;}
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>> SHUBHAM SANDEEP
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