Re: [CODE] Wierd segmentation fault 97 09:25:58 am"

From: Shadowdancer (sg618lo@UNIDUI.UNI-DUISBURG.DE)
Date: 12/11/97


> I got a wierd segmentation fault when trying to read a room description from
> a room with an "alternate description" (ie based on intelegence).  Here is
> the stuff gdb gave me.
>
> #0  0x804a66d in write_to_output (
>     txt=0x73696854 <Address 0x73696854 out of bounds>, t=0x80ec438)
                                         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                                    this here!
>     at comm.c:961
> 961       size = strlen(txt);
>
> The string is like two lines long, any ideas?

Jep!
Seems like you're writing into an array-of-char, e.g.
  char ar_o_c[10];
and try to write into it more characters than it can keep.

- Chris

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