Re: Checking address in WMEM

[Jeff Morriss <jeff.morriss.ws () gmail com>]

On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 8:48 AM, Dario Lombardo <dario.lombardo.ml () gmail com
> wrote:

> On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 2:11 PM, Evan Huus <eapache () gmail com> wrote:
>
> > What problem specifically are you trying to solve? There may be an easier
> > way.
> >
> > Evan
>
>
> The general problem is: a function takes a wmem string as input. This
> function can do wmem_realloc, then I need the scope the variable lives in.
> If the caller gives the wrong scope, I have a crash. The question is how
> can I check that the variable is consistent with the provided scope?
> Despite very expensive, I could have this check in debug only to reduce the
> debug time.

Sounds like a crash is the *right* thing to do here, non?

Or are you looking for a way to make the crash easier to debug?

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