Esa Tiiliharju (iloesa@snakemail.hut.fi) wrote:

:   Hi!

: after I've run my program (terminates/runs normally, except this) I'll
: get the message:

:  (null pointer assignment)

: apppended right after my program's last output.

: Question is, what does this actually mean? An error? If so, how can I
: find it, since program runs normally?

: Could that mean I'm trying to for example do a strcpy(NULL, "some_string")???

: Anyways, looks like lots of stupid questions, eh? -:) I think Borland
: (yes, I'm using BC++ 3.1) should claim responsibility for this,
: since their inferior manuals (horrible, actually) don't even know that
: error? message string.

: Well, in a nutshell: What the .... is that message about???


:   humbly Yours


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I think you should read your manuals more carefully. Look at page 206 of
the "Tools and Utilities Guide". (I think this error is also discussed in
the C++ FAQ). You can also use the debugger to find this errors.

One additional point. I think this topic belongs in comp.lang.c++ (or
comp.lang.c) not the standards newsgroup.

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In article <CBCCDw.KzG@darkside.osrhe.edu> pc@aix1.ucok.edu (Paul Carter) writes:


   Esa Tiiliharju (iloesa@snakemail.hut.fi) wrote:


   :   Hi!

   : after I've run my program (terminates/runs normally, except this) I'll
   : get the message:

   :  (null pointer assignment)

    One additional point. I think this topic belongs in comp.lang.c++
 (or    comp.lang.c) not the standards newsgroup.

oops, sorry!

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                   iloesa@snakemail

  Hi!

after I've run my program (terminates/runs normally, except this) I'll
get the message:

 (null pointer assignment)

apppended right after my program's last output.

Question is, what does this actually mean? An error? If so, how can I
find it, since program runs normally?

Could that mean I'm trying to for example do a strcpy(NULL, "some_string")???

Anyways, looks like lots of stupid questions, eh? -:) I think Borland
(yes, I'm using BC++ 3.1) should claim responsibility for this,
since their inferior manuals (horrible, actually) don't even know that
error? message string.

Well, in a nutshell: What the .... is that message about???


  humbly Yours


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