Re: [LUG] C++ segmentation faults

[Nick Kew <nick@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 5 Apr 2002, Neil Williams wrote:

> What might cause a segmentation fault?

Trying to use memory that doesn't belong to you - for instance,
dereferencing an uninitialised or null pointer.   In other words,
a straightforward bug.  C is very unforgiving of sloppy programming,
and C++ inherits some of that.

gdb is your friend.

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