[Dev-C++] malloc and free

[Siva C. <siv...@ya...>]

hello,

I used g++ in linux. I have recently shifted to
windows and am using dev-cpp 4.9.8.0 for my win32
projects. there is some thing strange(or is it?) i
have found.

I used the follwoing piece of code as a test:

int *a;
a = (int *)malloc(sizeof(int));
*a = 5;
free(a);
printf("%d\n", *a);

This prints 0 in the linux environment and 5 in the
windows environment!!

does anyone out there know whats happening??
the same happens with new and delete!!

TIA,


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Siva Chandra
B-Tech, Electrical Engineering,
IIT Madras.
Currently pursuing MS by research at IIIT, Hyderabad
visit www.geocities.com/sivachandra_br 




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