Hi. I'm trying to write a string library with SSO. I'm using union that old short string under 11 char, and pointer, length and capacity for long string. The library is a rewrite of WString.h. The trouble is: if I create a short string, I cannot create a long string after. Create any long string…

Realloc fail on union

RayLivingston November 7, 2021, 4:12pm 4

Question: Is the data pointer in longString ever initialized to anything? Not clear to me it ever is. What does realloc() do if it is passed a bad/invalid/uninitialized pointer?

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Realloc fail on union

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