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According to community help on 10/20/2005 7:06 AM:
> Hi,
>
> I'm using g++ on cygwin for developping some c++
> programs.
>
> I noticed that everytime i manipulate pointers i have
> an error saying:
> "Segmentation Fault <Core Dumped>".
Well, it's because you are trying to modify read-only memory. Fix the bug
in your code. Your problem is not cygwin-specific, although cygwin is a
little less forgiving of memory usage errors, and more likely to core dump
when your code is buggy.
> ----------------------
> #include <iostream.h>
> #include <string.h>
>
> int main()
> {
> char * str;
> str = "hello";
The type of "hello" is const char*, because it lives in read-only memory.
You are (silently) casting away the const, and that is your bug; compile
with -Wall and you should be getting a warning.
> *(str+1) = 'a';
Oops - now you are trying to change a read-only location.
Now, had you declared this instead:
char str[] = "hello";
Then *(str+1) = 'a' is legal, because C++ allows a char[] initializer to
copy the contents of a string literal, without putting it in read-only memory.
- --
Life is short - so eat dessert first!
Eric Blake [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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