Question

Take a look at this example function:

RuntimeConfiguration* conf_rt_conf() {

    RuntimeConfiguration *conf;
    conf = new RuntimeConfiguration();
    conf->arch_path="./archive";
    conf->err_log="./err_log";
    conf->fail_log="./fail_log";
    conf->msg_log="./msg_log";
    conf->save="html, htm, php";
    conf->ignore="jpg, gif";
    conf->cookies="";

    return conf;
}

Everything here works fine, but when I run something like this:

DatabaseInput** conf_db_input() {

    DatabaseInput **db_input;
    db_input=(DatabaseInput **)malloc(NUMB_SITES*sizeof(DatabaseInput *));
    for (int i=0;i<NUMB_SITES;i++) db_input[0]= new DatabaseInput();

    db_input[0]->full_name="ABCNews";
    db_input[0]->alias="abcn";
    db_input[0]->prefix="/eng";

    db_input[1]->full_name="Rzeczpospolita";
    db_input[1]->alias="rp";
    db_input[1]->prefix="/pol";

    return db_input;
}

I get segmentation fault on first assignment.
It probably has something to do with the fixed memory block allocated for this struct. How do I get it to work properly?

Answer 1

Maybe this:

DatabaseInput *db_input[];
db_input = new DatabaseInput*[NUMB_SITES]; // Creates an array of pointers
for (int i=0; i<NUMB_SITES; i++) db_input[i]= new DatabaseInput();

could work? (I didn’t test it)

Note, to free the memory used, you should do something like:

for (int i=0; i<NUMB_SITES; i++) delete db_input[i];
delete[] db_input;