Conference dssdev::fmsnotes

1205.0. "System-f-accvio, address of constants??" by KERNEL::PULLEY (Come! while living waters flow) Mon Apr 21 1997 07:12

    Hi,
    
    I've someone using FMS v2.4, Alpha VMS v6.2, DEC C v?.
    He's converting things over from a VAX, and used to use a number of
    FDV calls like fdv$spada(&0); fdv$aterm(&utcarea,&12,&2); ...
    I suppose he was trying to pass the address of constants.
    Now if he trys to do that, he gets run-time access violations--or at
    least he says he does when the number is negative.
    His workaround is just to put use a variable E.g.,
    int azero=0; fdv$spada(&azero);
    
    I think he'd just like to know if there has really been a change around
    this area, that he should need to take account of.
    Or is it something he should never have got away with?
    
    Thanks,
    Steve.
    

    Cannot really say what is going on without reduced code example - as
    a sanity check since the customer is running on Alpha platform make
    sure they have applied the patch FMSECO02024 as it does contain fixes
    for stack corruptions.