Re: Debug assertion failed in tree implementation

From:
"Alf P. Steinbach" <alf.p.steinbach+usenet@gmail.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
Sat, 05 May 2012 20:04:36 +0200
Message-ID:
<jo3q3p$f36$1@dont-email.me>
On 05.05.2012 17:17, David Kevin wrote:

Hi,
I would be grateful if somebody could explain why following code
causes assertions failures:


Because it's wrong.

//#include "stdafx.h" //neccessary if you compile with VC++ 2008


No, it's not necessary. Just turn off use of precompiled headers in the
settings.

#include<iostream>
#include<cstdlib>
#include<ctime>


Just to avoid some possible grief, better use the ".h" versions of the
above headers.

#include<vector>
#include "stdio.h"
using namespace std;

class A {
public:
    A() {}
    A(int currentDepth, int depth) { cout<< currentDepth<< " "<< depth
<< "\n"; }
    vector<A>* vecA;

Uh, oh, a pointer to a vector. Which isn't even initialized. And which
is a public data member.

You can't get it much wronger than that.

This code is doomed.

};

vector<A> recursion(int fixedDepth) {
    fixedDepth--;
    getchar();

What's that for?

     cout<< "We are on level: "<< fixedDepth<< "\n";
    vector<A> vecA;
    int Max=rand() % 5+1;

Use 'const' where you can.

     for(int i=0; i<Max; i++) {
        A a;
        vecA.push_back(a);
    }
    vector<A>::iterator it;
    for(it=vecA.begin(); it!=vecA.end(); it++) {
        if(fixedDepth==0) {
            if(it==vecA.end()) break;
            it++;
            continue;
        }
        it->vecA=new vector<A>;

The above doesn't do anything, really. Except use time and invoke
possible side effects.

         *it->vecA=

Here you have a problem.

I have already told you what it is.

What is it?

                  recursion(fixedDepth);


Here you have another problem - can you guess what it is?

     }
    return vecA;
};

int main()
{
    srand((unsigned)time(0));
    vector<A> a=recursion(2);
     return 0;
}

It is interesting that if one doesn't use random numbers but in for
loop there is single, known before run-time number instead of MAX it
seems to work nicely. My compiler is Visual C++ 2008.


Hm.

Cheers & hth.,

- Alf

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