AllocVecTags & FreeVec

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Sun, 2012-04-15 20:22
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JosDuchIt
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AllocVecTags & FreeVec
Why do i get the crash indicated in the code below? 
  1. #define __USE_INLINE__
  2. #include <exec/types.h>
  3. #include <proto/exec.h>
  4. #include <proto/dos.h>
  5. #include <proto/intuition.h>
  6.  
  7. int main (void)
  8. {
  9. struct ColorSpec *g_prefs = NULL; /// test
  10. PutStr("Working\n");
  11. if (!(g_prefs = (struct ColorSpec *)AllocVecTags(sizeof(struct ColorSpec),AVT_ClearWithValue, 0, TAG_DONE)))
  12. 	{ 	PutStr("No Prefs obtained\n"); 
  13. 		goto endprog;  
  14. 	}
  15.  
  16. PutStr("Gui.c Freeing prefs\n");
  17. 	if (g_prefs) FreeVec(&g_prefs); ///+++
  18. PutStr("Gui.c Freed prefs\n"); /// crash
  19.  
  20.  
  21. endprog:
  22. return 1; 
  23.  
  24. }
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Sun, 2012-04-15 21:34
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@JosDuchIt It crashes
@JosDuchIt It crashes because you are taking the address to the variable g_prefs (a pointer to the pointer) and passing it to FreeVec() instead of simply passing the pointer value as returned from AllocVecTags(). Change "FreeVec(&g_prefs);" to "FreeVec(g_prefs);" and it will work.
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Mon, 2012-04-16 09:35
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Thanks, I have been confused
Thanks, I have been confused again with pointers , but here also because the crash pointed to the next line (with addr2line) In my program this was just another FreeVec with same "&" error. I was lead to think the format was OK because no crash pointed to the first FreeVec.
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