Stephen D. Strowes

Coding mishaps

I finally tracked down the reason for a problem I’ve had for a while:

char *tempdata= (char*)malloc(sizeof(data_packet->datalen));

Should have been:

char *tempdata= (char*)malloc(data_packet->datalen);

Force of habit must have seen me putting the sizeof() inside the malloc() without thinking. The mistake of an amateur.

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Posted by Stephen Strowes on Monday, March 14th, 2005. You can follow me on twitter.

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