Re: how dodgy are these examples of char array use
"voidtwerp" <voidtwerp@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Hi,
showing my extreme ignorance I would like comments how the char arrays
are used here, ie are these valid or dangerous uses (the reason I ask
is because constructs like these occur in some code I am looking at).
#include <iostream>
#include <stdlib.h>
using namespace std;
class C
{
public:
C();
void f1();
private:
char* f2();
void f3();
};
C::C(){}
void C::f1()
{
char * p;
int i=3;
while(i--)
{
try
{
switch (i)
{
case 2:
p="is this dodgy?";
p is pointing to a constant character array. As long as you don't try to
change it or delete it, it should be okay.
throw 1;
break;
case 1:
p=f2();
Same thing here, it's just pointing to a constant character array defined in
f2()
throw 2;
break;
case 0:
f3();
This really doesn't do anything. p never gets changed since f3 assigns a
local varaible then throws.
break;
default:
cout << "ERK!" << endl;
}
}
catch(char * v)
{
cout << v << endl;
}
catch(int e)
{
cout << p << endl;
}
catch(...)
{
cout << "ERK2!!" << endl;
}
}
}
char* C::f2()
{
char * v = "how dodgy is this?";
return v;
}
void C::f3()
{
char *v="is this any better/worse?";
throw v;
}
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
C c;
c.f1();
system("PAUSE");
return 0;
}
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