Cygwin seg faults using dyn. memory

[Gareth Pearce]

>
>cygwin seg faults when i attempt to assign values to
>allocated dynamic memory.  The same code isn't
>seg-faulting on a Compaq Tru64 UNIX V5.1A machine.
>
>   is there a setting where the heap needs to be
>adjusted?  are there libraries i need to include that
>i haven't?
>
>here's the embarassingly simple problematic code:
>
>#include "Name.h"
>#include "readItem.h"
>#include <iostream.h>
>#include <string.h>
>
>using namespace std;
>
>int main() {
>
>Name * dummy2;
>dummy2 = new Name;
>cin >> dummy2;
>cin >> *dummy2;
>cout << *dummy2;
>
>return 0;
>}
>---------------------------------------------------

since you havent given the contents of your local header files
nor your compile line ...
I dont see how the solution is going to be forthcomming.

Gareth

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