*head-desk* *head-desk* *head-desk*

[jackofallgeeks]

Pointers hold memory addresses.
Pointers hold memory addresses.
Pointers hold memory addresses.
Pointers hold memory addresses.

Doing memset(&some_pointer, '\0', any_length_of_data) is pretty-universally a bad thing.

I pray that's the last thing I break on this. I haven't much time left to submit.

Comments

[uhlrik.livejournal.com]

Yuck. I hope you got that worked out. I am a bit of a computer guy but I haven't done any real programming in ages, so I'm sure to be no help on the C programming end.

[jackofallgeeks.livejournal.com]

-laughs- Well, I was mentioning the computer-guy bit less looking for tips and more looking for someone who didn't look at the above and just see 'blah blah blah computers blah blah.'

[uhlrik.livejournal.com]

Ah, so somebody that wasn't hearing Charlie Brown adult-speak?

[jackofallgeeks.livejournal.com]

-grins- Indeed. For most people I know, I might as well be speaking Arabic!
And for some people I know, it'd be better if I was. :p