Re: Using STL(map) inside of C data structure. How?
Andrew Trapani wrote:
#include <map>
#include anything else necessary
typedef struct {
std::map<const char*, int> m;
} sType;
int main(int argc, char **argv) {
numberOfStructs = 5;
sType s = (sType*) malloc(sizeof(sType) * numberOfStructs);
This is your problem.
Replace this line with
sType s = new sType[numberOfStrucst];
and your code will work. (and leak memory!)
s.m.empty(); /* seg faults here */
}
Is this possible? Thanks.
You can have class-type members in a struct. You just can't use malloc()
for a struct that requires a constructor to be called.
malloc() is inherited from the old days of C programming, so it does not
know about constructors.
To dynamically allocate an object where you want/need a constructor, use
new (and delete to free the object once you're done with it). For
arrays of objects, you have the combination new[] and delete[].
Bart v Ingen Schenau
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