New GPC beta: gpc-971001_(re)

Thu, 9 Oct 1997 14:15:55 +0100 (BST)

On Wed, 8 Oct 1997 20:19:36 +0200 Frank Heckenbach  
wrote:
>
>Maurice Lombardi wrote:
>
>> There is another error in this initialization part (which presumably has
>> nothing to do with the crash of the compiler).
>> The variable ppJunk is New'ed, used to fill CmdLine, which is a pointer
>> of pChar type, Then Dispose'd. So the memory to which CmdLine points is
>> reputted into the heap, and can be overwrited by subsequent instructions
>> in the main program.

Fixed!

>
>Unfortunately, there are similar bugs (at least) in the functions Str2PChar
>(in System.pas) and Int2PChar (GPCUtil.pas). I hope they will be fixed in
>the next release.

I can see the problemwith Int2pChar (I have fixed it now, by copying the
string to the result ( with "StrNew()" ) instead of just assigning it (the user
has to free the memory afterwards - with "StrDispose()"). 

However, I fail to see the problem with Str2pChar. It works correctly in 
all my tests (at least, under BP7, BPW, Delphi 1 and Delphi 2).

Best regards, The Chief
Dr Abimbola A. Olowofoyeku (The African Chief, and the Great Elephant)
Author of:  Chief's Installer Pro v4.01 for Win16 and Win32.
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