Re: [CODE] Events - My ch pointer has been violated! :)

From: Sammy (samedi@DHC.NET)
Date: 05/07/98


On Thu, 7 May 1998, Chuck Reed wrote:

> What happens is that ch is not a valid parameter to the
>
> act("Blah", FALSE, ch, 0, 0, TO_ROOM);
> die(ch, NULL);
>
> and other ch referenced calls in EVENTFUNC(timed_dt).  As soon as event_obj
> is passed to EVENTFUNC, ch is screwed.

Ok that's a start.  Assuming you use gdb, "break timed_dt" and step
through it slowly (printing ch along the way) to see at what point it's
not valid.  I can't remember what that funciton looks like, but I'd guess
that it's invalid at the very beginning of the function.

Sam


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