Subj : Re: malloc()
To   : borland.public.cpp.borlandcpp
From :  Bruce Salzman
Date : Thu Jun 24 2004 07:21 pm

> Do not forget the main discussion:
> I had:
>        txtBuf = (char *)malloc( strlen( szInput ) + 1 );   // with
problems
> now and then
>
> I made
>        txtBuf = (char *)malloc( strlen( szInput ) + 2 );   // no
problems in
> the last 6 month
>
> In the last case malloc() seems to work fine!
> To my opinion malloc is working but for unknow reasons in the first
> construction it takes the wrong size.
>

The bottom line is that your fix is hiding an error in your program.
It may work for now or another 6 months. Or it may fail the next time
it runs. Until you track down the cause, you'll never be sure.

Regards,
Bruce

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