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Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2000 01:41:40 +0100 (CET)
From: Igmar Palsenberg <maillist@chello.nl>
To: RAJESH BALAN <atmproj@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: malloc(1/0) ??
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On Mon, 6 Nov 2000, RAJESH BALAN wrote:

> hi,
> why does this program works. when executed, it doesnt
> give a segmentation fault. when the program requests
> memory, is a standard chunk is allocated irrespective
> of the what the user specifies. please explain.
>  
> main()
> {
>    char *s;
>    s = (char*)malloc(0);

malloc(0) is bogus in this case. malloc(0) == free();

>    strcpy(s,"fffff");
>    printf("%s\n",s);
> }
> 
> NOTE:
>   i know its a 'C' problem. but i wanted to know how
> this works 

The most plausible reason is you're not crossing a page boundary, and you
don't get a access violation.



	Igmar

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