Re: core dumped when adding to vector

[chris jefferson <caj at cs dot york dot ac dot uk>]

Joe Buck wrote:

> > > I have an enum called protocol_states and a vector<protocol_state> 
> > > which contains
> > > some elements. When I call the insert method of an other empty 
> > > vector<protocol_state>
> > > in order to copy the elements of the first vector, a core dumped occurs.
> > >      
>
> On Fri, Jun 24, 2005 at 04:16:32PM +0100, chris jefferson wrote:
>  
>
> > The best place to submit bug reports is to http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/. 
> > If you submit it there, someone will come along and tell you if it is a 
> > bug in libstdc++ or a bug in your code.
> >    
>
> Chris, why are you assuming that there's a bug in GCC or libstdc++?
> Vectors of enums are trivial and just work for everyone else.
>
> I suspect that there is some other bug in the program, one that corrupts
> the heap.  This is particularly likely if the allocator is dumping core.
>
>  
I would indeed be deeply shocked if there is a bug in vectors of enums. 
However, if someone has a 5 line example which they believes shows a bug 
in libstdc++ or gcc, I would have thought that bugzilla would be the 
right place to post it (I'm happy to be told that that isn't the right 
place)

Chris