Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 8 Nov 2000 01:41:40 +0100 (CET) | From | Igmar Palsenberg <> | Subject | Re: malloc(1/0) ?? |
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On Mon, 6 Nov 2000, RAJESH BALAN wrote:
> hi, > why does this program works. when executed, it doesnt > give a segmentation fault. when the program requests > memory, is a standard chunk is allocated irrespective > of the what the user specifies. please explain. > > main() > { > char *s; > s = (char*)malloc(0);
malloc(0) is bogus in this case. malloc(0) == free();
> strcpy(s,"fffff"); > printf("%s\n",s); > } > > NOTE: > i know its a 'C' problem. but i wanted to know how > this works
The most plausible reason is you're not crossing a page boundary, and you don't get a access violation.
Igmar
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