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From: brown@cs.utk.edu (Lance A. Brown)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: turbo C++/malloc probelm
Summary: Another Instance of Regerenced Problem
Keywords: Turbo C++ Malloc
Message-ID: <1990Aug25.162913.3883@cs.utk.edu>
Date: 25 Aug 90 16:29:13 GMT
References: <32729.26d49b87@vaxb.acs.unt.edu>
Organization: University of Tennessee CS Department
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I have also experienced this problem, but it happened to me while
using the TC++ compiler in "Pure C" mode.  I was not using any 
C++ code at the time.

I traced through the malloc code using Turbo Debugger and found that
the value of the BX register was not being restored properly at one
point.  This lead the program into putting the information for the 
pointed at data structure in the wrong place.

It is my feeling that this is NOT a C++ specific bug in the TC++
compiler, and may instead be a bug in the malloc code, or in the
compiler in GENERAL.

I am planning on verifying this is happening and then talking to the
Borland people.


Lance A. Brown