segmentation fault

[rasmidas]

if (blob_ptr != 0)
{
long additional_space = 0;
 
char** item_ptr = items;
 
// Calculate the space taken by the new items
 
while (*item_ptr != 0)
{
additional_space += strlen(*item_ptr);
 
item_ptr++;
}
 
// Increase the size of the blob for the new items
 
blob_ptr = realloc(blob_ptr, blob_size + additional_space + 1);
 
item_ptr = items;
 
// Loop through the items and add them to the blob
 
while (*item_ptr != 0)
{
strcat((char*) blob_ptr, *item_ptr);
 
delete *item_ptr;
 
item_ptr++;
}
 
// Set the new size of the blob
 
blob_size = blob_size + additional_space;
}
 

Please let me know is this code correct. My doubt is this delete statement.
As there is no new.

[Banfa]

Please let me know is this code correct. My doubt is this delete statement.
As there is no new.

The delete statement operates on the items variable. This variable is not declared in this code snippet or initialised. Presumably it is initialised else where including newing the data it points to.

In it self the delete statement is not wrong, it rather depends on what the rest of the code is doing.


I do note that you are using malloc(through realloc) and new (through delete) in the same project. This is a really bad idea and should be avoided, either use malloc or use new do not mix usage of them in the same project.