Re: like to know why it is segmentation fault on simple throw-exception program

From:
Victor Bazarov <v.bazarov@comcast.invalid>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
Wed, 01 Jun 2011 18:44:16 -0400
Message-ID:
<is6fc7$ntt$1@dont-email.me>
On 6/1/2011 6:01 PM, eric wrote:

Dear comp.lang.c++ reader or advced c++ programers:

   I copied a piece of code from page 397 of book (Practical C++
programming), example22-1, stack_e1.cpp
about Throwing an Exception.
   after a little modification, it successfully compile on my gnu/g++/
ubuntuLinux system
   but when i run it, it response
   Segmentation fault
-------------------------------------------this is the
program--------------------------------------------------------------
/**************************************************
  * stack *
  * A file implementing a simple stack class *
  **************************************************/
#include<cstdlib>
// #include<string>
#include<iostream>
#include<assert.h>


Why do you need 'assert.h'?

const int STACK_SIZE = 100; // Maximum size of a stack

/*****************************************************
  * bound_err -- a class used to handle out of bounds *
  * execeptions. *
  *****************************************************/
class bound_err {
   public:
         const std::string what; // What caused the error

     // Initialize the bound error with a message
     bound_err(const std::string& i_what) : what(i_what) {};


Format nit-pick: drop the trailing semicolon.

     // Assignment operator defaults
     // bound_err(bound_err) -- default copy constructor
     // ~ bound_err -- default destructor
};

/*******************************************************
  * Stack class *
  * *
  * Member functions *
  * init -- initialize the stack. *
  * push -- put an item on the stack. *
  * pop -- remove an item from the stack *
  *******************************************************/
// The stack itself
class stack {
     private:
         int count; // Number of items in teh stack
         int data[STACK_SIZE]; // The items themselves
     public:
         // Initialize the stack
         stack(): count(0) {};


Format nit-pick: drop the trailing semicolon.

         // Copy constructor defaults
         // Assignment operator defaults

         // Push an item on teh stack
         void push(const int item) throw(bound_err);

         // Pop an item from the stack
         int pop() throw(bound_err);
};
/
**********************************************************************
  * stack::push -- push an item on the stack
*
  *
*
  * Parameters
*
  * item -- item to put in the stack
*

**********************************************************************/
inline void stack::push(const int item) throw(bound_err)
{
     if ((count< 0)&&
            (count>= sizeof(data)/sizeof(data[0]))) {


Check the condition. Can 'count' be less than 0 AND greater than the
size of the array *simultaneously*?

        throw("Push overflows stack");


Are you sure this throw will actually throw a 'bound_err' as your
specification promises? Put a breakpoint in the c-tor for 'bound_err'
and see whether it gets hit. I suspect that the compiler may not be
able to understand two user conversions in a row (char[] -> string,
string -> bound_err) and throws a pointer to char.

     }
     data[count] = item;
     ++count;
}
/*********************************************************************
  * stack::pop -- get an item off the stack. *
  * *
  * Returns *
  * The top item fromt the stack. *

*********************************************************************/
inline int stack::pop() throw(bound_err)
{
   // Stack goes down by one
   --count;

   if ((count< 0)&&
          (count>= sizeof(data)/sizeof(data[0]))) {


Check the condition. Can 'count' be less than 0 AND greater than the
size of the array *simultaneously*?

      throw("Pop underflows stack");


Same note as before, but also, how can 'count' be greater than the size
of the 'data' array here?

   }
   // Then we return the top value
   return (data[count]);
}
static stack test_stack; // Define a stack for our bounds
checking
/
***************************************************************************
  * push_a_lot -- Push too much on to the
stack *

***************************************************************************/
static void push_a_lot() {
   int i; // Push counter

   for (i=0; i< 5000; i++) {


Get used to the C++ idiom of declaring/defining the loop counter inside
the parentheses:

    for (int i = 0; i < 5000; i)) ) {

      test_stack.push(i);
   }
}

int main()
{
     try {
        push_a_lot();
     }
     catch (bound_err& err) {
       std::cerr<< "Error: Bounds exceeded\n";
       std::cerr<< "Reason: "<< err.what<< '\n';
       exit (8);
     }
     catch (...) {
       std::cerr<< "Error: Unexpected exception occurred\n";
       exit(8);
     }
     return (0);
}


V
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