core::string destructor is crashing

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DanielBocksteger
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core::string destructor is crashing

Post by DanielBocksteger »

Hi there,

we've a class, holding some core::stringw properties. When the system (iOS) calls the destructor, it sometimes crashes because the following code tries to free memory space, that hasn't been allocated yet.

1. Class destructor calls iiString.cpp ~string() destructor

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//! Destructor
~string()
{
    allocator.deallocate(array); // delete [] array;
}
2. ... calls irrAllocator.h deallocate(T * ptr)

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//! Deallocate memory for an array of objects
void deallocate(T* ptr)
{
    internal_delete(ptr);
}
3. ... calls irrAllocator.h internal_delete(void* ptr)

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virtual void internal_delete(void* ptr)
{
    operator delete(ptr); // malloc: *** error for object 0x170817650: pointer being freed was not allocated
}
Can anybody tell me, how to solve this issue?

Regards,
Daniel
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Daniel Bocksteger

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Re: core::string destructor is crashing

Post by CuteAlien »

Chances are pretty high that the problem is in another place. For example the string is in some other class and that other class object is invalid that point. For such bugs you have to reduce the problem until you have only a tiny program left which still contains the bug (divide&conquer!). Then you can post that tiny program (which should still compile, but not contain any line anymore which isn't removable while keeping the bug) so others can look at it. Thought usually you find the problem yourself while reducing code like that :-)
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