On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 8:53 AM, John <[email protected]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], Paul Herring <pauljherr...@...> wrote: >> >> On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 7:06 AM, John <jm5...@...> wrote: >> > --- In [email protected], John Gaughan <john@> wrote: >> >> >> >> Try initializing the memory to which newstr points before trying to use >> >> it: this includes getting its length. >> > >> > 'getting' -> 'setting', or am I reading it wrong? >> >> You're reading it wrong. >> >> They're doing the equivalent of: > > Paul - I know why the code is wrong; what I don't understand is how 'getting > its length' initializes the memory pointed to by newstr.
It doesn't. I misunderstood your comment. -- PJH http://shabbleland.myminicity.com/ http://www.chavgangs.com/register.php?referer=9375 http://www.kongregate.com/?referrer=Shabble
