compile's problem?

[mos]

Hi! the following code will run without any error on the VC7.1 stdio
debug mode. who can tell me what's the problem?

struct st
{
int a;
};
int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
st* p = new st;
delete p;
p->a = 0;
return 0;
}

mos.

 

[Alf P. Steinbach]

* mos:

Hi! the following code will run without any error on the VC7.1 stdio
debug mode.

I doubt it.

who can tell me what's the problem?

struct st
{
int a;
};
int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])

Non-standard startup function. With the code you have presented it
shouldn't even compile with VC. Use standard C++ 'main'.

{
st* p = new st;
delete p;
p->a = 0;

Undefined behavior.

 

[Neelesh Bodas]

Hi! the following code will run without any error on the VC7.1 stdio
debug mode. who can tell me what's the problem?

struct st
{
int a;};

int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
Non-standard.
{
st* p = new st;
delete p;
p->a = 0;

Undefined behavior.

return 0; Not necessary.

}

mos.

-N

 

[Eberhard Schefold]

Hi! the following code will run without any error on the VC7.1 stdio
debug mode. who can tell me what's the problem?

struct st
{
int a;
};
int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
st* p = new st;
delete p;
p->a = 0;
return 0;
}

I'm not really sure what your question is. I assume you know that the
program invokes undefined behaviour. Had you been expecting a
compile-time diagnostic? It is not required.

 

[Default User]

Not necessary.

In spite of the fact that a specific return is not required from
main(), it is not wrong to do so and in my opinion is better code. That
indicates that the programmer did not merely forget it. It certainly
doesn't require "correction" in a newsgroup.




Brian

 

[Ron Natalie]

Hi! the following code will run without any error on the VC7.1 stdio
debug mode. who can tell me what's the problem?

struct st
{
int a;
};
int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
st* p = new st;
delete p;
p->a = 0;
return 0;
}

mos.

One of the insidious forms of undefined behavior is it working
error free (at least for a short time).

 

[James Kanze]

Hi! the following code will run without any error on the VC7.1 stdio
debug mode. who can tell me what's the problem?
struct st
{
int a;
};
int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
st* p = new st;
delete p;
p->a = 0;
return 0;
}

One of the insidious forms of undefined behavior is it working
error free (at least for a short time).

The most frequent result of using undefined behavior seems to be
that the code works perfectly in all of the tests, but then
fails in a very visible fashion during the demo in front of the
important client.