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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/ClipboardCopyPaste • 2d ago
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Is the mistake that they're allocating 1 byte and storing in a pointer to an int which is 4 bytes?
155 u/atanasius 2d ago It's allowed to assign to a pointer if it's not dereferenced. Malloc always returns a valid pointer. 54 u/vishal340 2d ago but accessing it will be issue right? 5 u/mckenzie_keith 2d ago You are not allowed to de-reference a pointer after freeing it. 9 u/GoddammitDontShootMe 2d ago Gemini added that return *x; that wasn't in the original code. 8 u/mckenzie_keith 2d ago And then flagged it as a bug. It was so eager to find the bug that it added it into the code. 2 u/Niwrats 2d ago who's gonna stop me? 1 u/mckenzie_keith 2d ago Lint.
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It's allowed to assign to a pointer if it's not dereferenced. Malloc always returns a valid pointer.
54 u/vishal340 2d ago but accessing it will be issue right? 5 u/mckenzie_keith 2d ago You are not allowed to de-reference a pointer after freeing it. 9 u/GoddammitDontShootMe 2d ago Gemini added that return *x; that wasn't in the original code. 8 u/mckenzie_keith 2d ago And then flagged it as a bug. It was so eager to find the bug that it added it into the code. 2 u/Niwrats 2d ago who's gonna stop me? 1 u/mckenzie_keith 2d ago Lint.
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but accessing it will be issue right?
5 u/mckenzie_keith 2d ago You are not allowed to de-reference a pointer after freeing it. 9 u/GoddammitDontShootMe 2d ago Gemini added that return *x; that wasn't in the original code. 8 u/mckenzie_keith 2d ago And then flagged it as a bug. It was so eager to find the bug that it added it into the code. 2 u/Niwrats 2d ago who's gonna stop me? 1 u/mckenzie_keith 2d ago Lint.
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You are not allowed to de-reference a pointer after freeing it.
9 u/GoddammitDontShootMe 2d ago Gemini added that return *x; that wasn't in the original code. 8 u/mckenzie_keith 2d ago And then flagged it as a bug. It was so eager to find the bug that it added it into the code. 2 u/Niwrats 2d ago who's gonna stop me? 1 u/mckenzie_keith 2d ago Lint.
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Gemini added that return *x; that wasn't in the original code.
return *x;
8 u/mckenzie_keith 2d ago And then flagged it as a bug. It was so eager to find the bug that it added it into the code.
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And then flagged it as a bug. It was so eager to find the bug that it added it into the code.
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who's gonna stop me?
1 u/mckenzie_keith 2d ago Lint.
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Lint.
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u/AdBrave2400 2d ago
Is the mistake that they're allocating 1 byte and storing in a pointer to an int which is 4 bytes?