From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: "Johnny Favorite (it means \"Writhing Tentacle of Death\")" <allen@snakebite.com>
To: help-gcc@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Dynamic malloc problem
Date: Sat, 01 Jan 2000 23:26:00 -0000
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clifford.smith wrote:
> sine I allocate memory with malloc for table in the main() it
> works perfectcly. As soon as I try to allocate this memory in
> a function (void my_funct() ... ) I get a segm. fault.
>
> What can I do. Is there another way to dynamicaly allocate mem ?

The fault is in your code.  There is absolutely no reason why you shouldn't
be able to malloc() in a function other than main().  Look for bugs.


From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: "Johnny Favorite (it means \"Writhing Tentacle of Death\")" <allen@snakebite.com>
To: help-gcc@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Dynamic malloc problem
Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2000 00:00:00 -0000
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clifford.smith wrote:
> sine I allocate memory with malloc for table in the main() it
> works perfectcly. As soon as I try to allocate this memory in
> a function (void my_funct() ... ) I get a segm. fault.
>
> What can I do. Is there another way to dynamicaly allocate mem ?

The fault is in your code.  There is absolutely no reason why you shouldn't
be able to malloc() in a function other than main().  Look for bugs.