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From: bayes@hpislx.HP.COM (Scott Bayes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Bus Error?
Message-ID: <9710007@hpislx.HP.COM>
Date: 5 Nov 90 20:08:00 GMT
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Organization: Measurement Systems Operation - Loveland, CO
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Bus error means that your code is referencing a memory address that has
no RAM or I/O device at the address.  It usually means a pointer is "off
in the weeds".  Check for pointer dereferences in your for loop.  Make
sure that the pointer actually points at what you think it does (usually
a data structure somewhere in RAM).  Print out the ord() of the pointer
to be sure, and make sure it's somewhere reasonable. I don't speak C, so
translate to C terminology where necessary.

May God have Mercy on your Soul.

Scott Bayes