Re: unpredictable crash
sami wrote:
btw, the program with the "cerr" line i.e.
har *temp;
temp = new char(100);
cerr << "1" << endl;
does not crash - I can see that I am not intitializing to a 100 char
length array but why does a cerr stop the program from crashing
First of all, please quote the message you are responding to. Not
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By writing to memory that isn't allocated to you, you have invoked
dreaded undefined behavior (UB), which can be anything from erratic
program behavior to a crash to transubstantiating your lead into gold.
Adding the cerr line just made the program data and code different, and
so when you invoked the UB, it also did something different (for
instance, it might have overwritten the streambuffer underlying cerr
instead of writing to a protected area of memory). You could look at a
disassembly of the two programs and watch what happens to your code and
data after the UB if you really want to know.
Cheers! --M
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