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Subject: g++-4.0: cout << &charvar is scrambled
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Package: g++-4.0
Version: 4.0.1-2
Severity: normal
If one tries to output an address of a character variable or a pointer
to a character variable, the output is scrambled.
Consider the following test program:
#include <iostream>
#include <stdio.h>
main () {
char a = 'a';
bool b = 0;
short s = 0;
int i = 4711;
char *pa = &a;
int *pi = &i;
void *vpa = &a;
printf("printf Output of address of i is %lx\n", &i);
printf("printf Output of pointer to i is %lx\n", pi);
std::cout << "cout Output of pointer to i is " << pi << '\n';
std::cout << "cout Output of address of i is " << &i << '\n';
std::cout << "cout Output of pointer to a is " << pa << '\n';
std::cout << "cout Output of void pointer to a is " << vpa << '\n';
std::cout << "cout Output of address of a is " << &a << '\n';
std::cout << "cout Output of address of a is ";
std::cout << &a;
std::cout << '\n';
std::cout << "cout Output of address of b is " << &b << '\n';
std::cout << "cout Output of address of s is " << &s << '\n';
printf("printf Output of address of a is %lx\n", &a);
}
It has the following output:
printf Output of address of i is bffff874
printf Output of pointer to i is bffff874
cout Output of pointer to i is 0xbffff874
cout Output of address of i is 0xbffff874
cout Output of pointer to a is a{øÿ¿tøÿ¿{øÿ¿èøÿ¿téÙ·
cout Output of void pointer to a is 0xbffff87b
cout Output of address of a is a{øÿ¿tøÿ¿{øÿ¿èøÿ¿téÙ·
cout Output of address of a is a{øÿ¿tøÿ¿{øÿ¿èøÿ¿téÙ·
cout Output of address of b is 0xbffff87a
cout Output of address of s is 0xbffff878
printf Output of address of a is bffff87b
As one can see with od -c, there are some unprintable characters:
0000000 p r i n t f O u t p u t o f
0000020 a d d r e s s o f i i s
0000040 b f f f f 8 7 4 \n p r i n t f
0000060 O u t p u t o f p o i n t
0000100 e r t o i i s b f f f f
0000120 8 7 4 \n c o u t O u t p u t
0000140 o f p o i n t e r t o i
0000160 i s 0 x b f f f f 8 7 4 \n c o
0000200 u t O u t p u t o f a d d
0000220 r e s s o f i i s 0 x b
0000240 f f f f 8 7 4 \n c o u t O u t
0000260 p u t o f p o i n t e r t
0000300 o a i s a { 370 377 277 t 370 377
0000320 277 { 370 377 277 350 370 377 277 t 351 331 267 001 \n c
0000340 o u t O u t p u t o f v o
0000360 i d p o i n t e r t o a
0000400 i s 0 x b f f f f 8 7 b \n c
0000420 o u t O u t p u t o f a d
0000440 d r e s s o f a i s a {
0000460 370 377 277 t 370 377 277 { 370 377 277 350 370 377 277 t
0000500 351 331 267 001 \n c o u t O u t p u t
0000520 o f a d d r e s s o f a
0000540 i s a { 370 377 277 t 370 377 277 { 370 377
0000560 277 350 370 377 277 t 351 331 267 001 \n c o u t
0000600 O u t p u t o f a d d r e s
0000620 s o f b i s 0 x b f f f
0000640 f 8 7 a \n c o u t O u t p u t
0000660 o f a d d r e s s o f s
0000700 i s 0 x b f f f f 8 7 8 \n p
0000720 r i n t f O u t p u t o f
0000740 a d d r e s s o f a i s
0000760 b f f f f 8 7 b \n
0000771
Initially, I started with stable, i.e. g++-3.3 and g++3.4. Those
versions have the same Problem. Perhaps it is located in libc6?
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.11-1-686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Versions of packages g++-4.0 depends on:
ii gcc-4.0 4.0.1-2 The GNU C compiler
ii gcc-4.0-base 4.0.1-2 The GNU Compiler Collection (base
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-22 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libstdc++6-4.0-dev 4.0.1-2 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 (d
g++-4.0 recommends no packages.
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Gerhard Horecky <gerhard.horecky@inode.at> writes:
> If one tries to output an address of a character variable or a pointer
> to a character variable, the output is scrambled.
The compiler cannot read your mind; it doesn't know whether your
intention is to output a character string, or the address of a pointer
to char, so it assumes the former. This seems like a good idea to me;
I prefer to see "foo" for cout << "foo" instead of something like
0x1837506.
--
Falk
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