Q66703: C 6.00/6.00a Online Help Example for _heapwalk() Is Incorrect

Article: Q66703
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 6.00 6.00a | 6.00 6.00a
Operating System(s): MS-DOS | OS/2
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | docerr _heapwalk | mspl13_c
Last Modified: 28-JAN-1991

The program example HEAPWALK.C that is found in the C versions 6.00
and 6.00a online help is incorrect. Compiling the program under large
model in OS/2 causes a general protection error. When compiling the
program without the Quick Compile option (/qc) turned on, the
following warning message will appear twice:

   Warning c4061: long/short mismatch in argument: conversion supplied

This warning message is cause by the failure to type cast the
following statement

   heapdump(254);

to the following:

   heapdump((char)254);

The second "for" loop in the program causes the general protection
fault. The variable "i" is not initialized to the correct value. The
code currently reads as follows:

   for( ; i >= 0; i-- )
   {
      free( p[i] );
      printf("Deallocating %u at %Fp\n",
               _msize( p[i] ), (void _far *)p[i]);
   }

It should read as follows:

   for( i=9; i >= 0; i-- )    // <--- THIS LINE HAS BEEN CHANGED.
   {
      free( p[i] );
      printf( "Deallocating %u at %Fp\n",
              _msize( p[i] ), (void _far *)p[i] );
   }

The problem with the loop is that the value of i is equal to 10 when
the loop begins; it should be 9.

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