Question

-(BOOL)ChangeTimer:(unsigned short)wTimerIds withPeriod:(uint8_t)uPeriod
{
 stRs232Timer*   pEvent;
    NSLog(@"Into the changeTimer");
    NSLog(@"%d",wTimerIds);
    pEvent = (stRs232Timer*)[[m_cAppIdMap objectForKey:[NSNumber numberWithUnsignedShort:wTimerIds]]bytes];
    NSLog(@"bPersistent:%d",pEvent->bPersistent);
    NSLog(@"wAppTimerId:%d",pEvent->wAppTimerId);
    NSLog(@"uPeriod:%d",pEvent->uPeriod);
    NSLog(@"bStopped:%d",pEvent->bStopped);
    //NSLog(@"%@",pEvent);  
    if(pEvent!=nil){
        pEvent->bStopped = NO;
        pEvent->uPeriod = uPeriod;
        NSLog(@"completed");
    }   

    NSLog(@"The dict is:%@",m_cAppIdMap);

    NSLog(@"jsagxs:%@",m_cAppIdMap);
    return YES;
}

If i remove the comment in the above code i get an error EXC_BAD_ACCESS.Why is it so.

Answer 1

When you use the “%@” format specifier, you are telling the runtime to invoke the -descriptionWithLocale: or -description methods on the associated pointer whose class is implied to be a subclass of NSObject.

Structures are not Objective-C objects and therefore do not have a -descriptionWithLocale: or -description method.
This is what is causing the EXC_BAD_ACCESS.

You should use %p for printing out pointers that don’t point to Objective-C objects.