segfault

[Sigmund Augdal]

On Tue, Apr 30, 2002 at 09:56:59AM +0200, Gildas Bazin wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Apr 2002 Sigmund Augdal wrote:
> >
> >I seems like config_PutFloatVariable segfaults regardless of input. 
> >Just test by changing the zoom-value in the interface, and press Use or Apply 
> >or Ok.
> >
> 
> Hmmm, could you do another test to track the problem ?
> Could you try not using the GUI but the command line interface instead: vlc --zoom=0.5 and see if it still crashes.
> 
> I will have a look this evening when I get back from work.
> 
It works fine, I belive the reason may be that config_PutFloatVariable is never 
set in p_symbols.

> >btw, is there a reason why intf_WarnMsg takes "char *" and not "const char *" ?
> >
> 
> Some people just don't like using the const keyword so it might be the reason why. But personnaly I would also prefer using it (apart from making clear in the API that the string isn't modified, it can sometimes allow the compiler to optimize more agressively).
At least in c++ you can give a function taking const char * a char *, but you 
can not easyly give a function taking char * a const char *. And some access 
methods in the qt-classes returns const char *
> 
> Regards,
> 
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> Gildas
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