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Help UFies! (c++ woes) by tzulah2004-07-14 13:33:11
  Memory allocation by elehack 2004-07-14 13:40:36
Is the memory being allocated anywhere?

You need a line like

buffer = malloc(length_of_memory_block);

or

buffer = new some_data_type[some_count];

so that the void pointer actually points to a valid writable area of memory.

In most cases like this, the PerformMagic function would also require the length of the buffer as a parameter, unless there's something weird going on not represented in your code fragment.

Hope that gets you started... look up malloc and new in your C/C++ reference if necessary.
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    Don't forget to free() what you malloc()... by williamashbless2004-07-14 13:49:06

 

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