Re: malloc and memcpy
a7zulu@gmail.com wrote:
typedef struct FPARRAY{
unsigned short iRows,
iCols;
double dArray[FPARRAY_SIZE];
} FPARRAY;
__declspec(dllexport) double initialize(LPFP st, LPFP h, LPFP ffd,
LPFP bt, int hr, int it, int ic)
{
swap_table = (LPFP)malloc(sizeof(FPARRAY));
memcpy(swap_table, st, sizeof(FPARRAY));
holidays = (LPFP)malloc(sizeof(FPARRAY));
memcpy(holidays, h, sizeof(FPARRAY));
futurefrontdate = (LPFP)malloc(sizeof(FPARRAY));
memcpy(futurefrontdate, ffd, sizeof(FPARRAY));
blend_table = (LPFP)malloc(sizeof(FPARRAY));
memcpy(blend_table, bt, sizeof(FPARRAY));
holiday_rule = hr;
int_tech = it;
int_curve = ic;
}
so essentially i wrote a dll, and I can get excel to pass to me these
things called FPARRAY structures. I comment a few of the malloc and
memcpy and the function is able to run a few times before crashing. i
am not exactly sure whats going
What are those pointers that you initialize with
malloc+memcpy? Are they globals? If yes, then you can make
them global variables of type `FPARRAY' and initialize by
simple copying:
FPARRAY g_swap_table;
FPARRAY g_holidays
FPARRAY g_futurefrontdate;
__declspec(dllexport) double initialize(
LPFP st, LPFP h, LPFP ffd, LPFP bt, int hr, int it, int ic)
{
g_swap_table = *st;
g_holidays = *h;
g_futurefrontdate = *ffd;
....
}
Then compiler will generate appropriate code to copy the
content of the struct.
Alex
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