DS3100: buggy cc

[Dik T. Winter]

(I am not able to reply, hence a followup)

In article <1211 at ttds.UUCP> jonasn at ttds.UUCP (Jonas Nygren) writes:
 > do_nextevent()
 > {
 > 	XAnyEvent e;
 > 
 > 	XNextEvent(display, &e);
 > }

Perusing the X sources reveals that the second parameter of XNextEvent
is not of type *XAnyEvent but of type *XEvent (which is a union of
all kinds of events).  Probably an XEvent is larger than an XAnyEvent,
so XNextEvent will scribble somewhat on the stack, and all kind of
things may happen.
-- 
dik t. winter, cwi, amsterdam, nederland
INTERNET   : dik at cwi.nl
BITNET/EARN: dik at mcvax
>From dik at boring.cwi.nl  Wed Jun  7 01:26:13 1989
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From: dik at boring.cwi.nl (Dik T. Winter)
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To: draken!ttds!jonasn at kth.uucp
Subject: Re: DS3100: buggy cc
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
In-Reply-To: <1211 at ttds.UUCP>
References: <1207 at ttds.UUCP>
Organization: CWI, Amsterdam

In article <1211 at ttds.UUCP> you write:
 > do_nextevent()
 > {
 > 	XAnyEvent e;
 > 
 > 	XNextEvent(display, &e);
 > }

Perusing the X sources reveals that the second parameter of XNextEvent
is not of type *XAnyEvent but of type *XEvent (which is a union of
all kinds of events).  Probably an XEvent is larger than an XAnyEvent,
so XNextEvent will scribble somewhat on the stack, and all kind of
things may happen.
-- 
dik t. winter, cwi, amsterdam, nederland
INTERNET   : dik at cwi.nl
BITNET/EARN: dik at mcvax

To: jonasn at ttds.UUCP
Subject: Re: DS3100: buggy cc
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
In-Reply-To: <1211 at ttds.UUCP>
References: <1207 at ttds.UUCP>
Organization: CWI, Amsterdam

In article <1211 at ttds.UUCP> you write:
 > do_nextevent()
 > {
 > 	XAnyEvent e;
 > 
 > 	XNextEvent(display, &e);
 > }

Perusing the X sources reveals that the second parameter of XNextEvent
is not of type *XAnyEvent but of type *XEvent (which is a union of
all kinds of events).  Probably an XEvent is larger than an XAnyEvent,
so XNextEvent will scribble somewhat on the stack, and all kind of
things may happen.
-- 
dik t. winter, cwi, amsterdam, nederland
INTERNET   : dik at cwi.nl
BITNET/EARN: dik at mcvax

To: mcvax!kth!draken!ttds!jonasn
Subject: Re: DS3100: buggy cc
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
In-Reply-To: <1211 at ttds.UUCP>
References: <1207 at ttds.UUCP>
Organization: CWI, Amsterdam

In article <1211 at ttds.UUCP> you write:
 > do_nextevent()
 > {
 > 	XAnyEvent e;
 > 
 > 	XNextEvent(display, &e);
 > }

Perusing the X sources reveals that the second parameter of XNextEvent
is not of type *XAnyEvent but of type *XEvent (which is a union of
all kinds of events).  Probably an XEvent is larger than an XAnyEvent,
so XNextEvent will scribble somewhat on the stack, and all kind of
things may happen.
-- 
dik t. winter, cwi, amsterdam, nederland
INTERNET   : dik at cwi.nl
BITNET/EARN: dik at mcvax

To: jonasn at ttds.UUCP
Subject: Re: DS3100: buggy cc
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
In-Reply-To: <1211 at ttds.UUCP>
References: <1207 at ttds.UUCP>
Organization: CWI, Amsterdam

In article <1211 at ttds.UUCP> you write:
 > do_nextevent()
 > {
 > 	XAnyEvent e;
 > 
 > 	XNextEvent(display, &e);
 > }

Perusing the X sources reveals that the second parameter of XNextEvent
is not of type *XAnyEvent but of type *XEvent (which is a union of
all kinds of events).  Probably an XEvent is larger than an XAnyEvent,
so XNextEvent will scribble somewhat on the stack, and all kind of
things may happen.
-- 
dik t. winter, cwi, amsterdam, nederland
INTERNET   : dik at cwi.nl
BITNET/EARN: dik at mcvax