On 2001.05.10 14:05:37 +0200 Jered Bolton wrote:
> Original posting reproduce for context:
>
> >Why is it that if I use gtk_label_get, I get a seg fault if I then try
> >and use gtk_label_set_text ?
> >
> >e.g. I want to get the text of a label and use the text to determine
> >whether I need to change the text of the same label:
> >
> > gtk_label_get(GTK_LABEL(label_pointer), pText);
> >
> > if ( pText contains something or other)
> > gtk_label_set_text(GTK_LABEL(label_pointer),
> >"something else...");
> >
>
>
> Furthermore, I found the following to be quite confusing:
>
> This code works fine, without seg faulting:
>
> gchar *pText;
>
> gtk_label_get(GTK_LABEL(label_pointer), &pText);
>
> gtk_label_set_text(GTK_LABEL(label_pointer), "fred");
>
>
> BUT, this code does not:
>
> gchar **pText;
>
> gtk_label_get(GTK_LABEL(label_pointer), pText);
>
> gtk_label_set_text(GTK_LABEL(label_pointer), "fred");
>
>
>
>
> Subtly different, but why does one work and not the other?
This one is easy. It's an unallocated pointer.
See the difference:
char bla[256];
sprintf(bla, "blablabla");
and
char *bla;
sprintf(bla, "blablabla");
The first will work, the second segfault. That's because the second one is
a pointer, but a pointer to what? To nothing, it needs to be allocated (for
example by malloc():
char *bla;
bla = malloc(256);
sprintf(bla, "blablabla");
That will work.
Your *pText is a pointer, &pText will give an allocated pointer to this
pointer. **pText is a pointer which is not yet allocated yet so it refers
to nothing - which probably causes the difference.
I suppose that:
char **pText;
pText = malloc(1);
gtk_label_get(GTK_LABEL(label_pointer), pText);
will work.
Hope this makes things clear.
Ronald
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