Malloc to a CGPoint Pointer throwing EXC_BAD_ACCESS when accessing
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28-09-2019 - |
Question
I am trying to use a snippet of code from a Apple programming guide, and I am getting a EXC_BAD_ACCESS when trying to pass a pointer to a function, right after doing a malloc.
(For Reference: iPhone Application Programming Guide: Event Handling - Listing 3-6)
The code in question is really simple:
CFMutableDictionaryRef touchBeginPoints;
UITouch *touch;
....
CGPoint *point = (CGPoint *)CFDictionaryGetValue(touchBeginPoints, touch);
if (point == NULL)
{
point = (CGPoint *)malloc(sizeof(CGPoint));
CFDictionarySetValue(touchBeginPoints, touch, point);
}
Now when the program goes into the if
statement it assigns the 'output' of malloc
into the point
variable/pointer.
Then when it tries to pass point
into the CFDictionarySetValue
function it crashes the application with: Program received signal: “EXC_BAD_ACCESS”.
Someone suggested not doing the malloc
and pass the point
var/pointer as: &point
, however that still gave me a EXC_BAD_ACCESS
.
What I am (and it looks like Apple) doing wrong???
Thanks in advance.
Solution
Sean's answer is mostly correct. According to the documentation for CFDictionarySetValue
, it's going to try and retain
the value according to how your CFMutableDictionaryRef
is set up. I'm guessing that when you create the mutable dictionary (presumably using CFDictionaryCreateMutable()
), you're not providing custom callbacks for how to handle setting and removing values.
EDIT:
Another option to providing custom callbacks is to provide NULL
for the value callbacks:
CFMutableDictionaryRef dict = CFDictionaryCreateMutable(NULL, 0, &kCFTypeDictionaryKeyCallBacks, NULL);
CGPoint * point = (CGPoint *)malloc(sizeof(CGPoint));
point->x = 42;
point->y = 42;
CFDictionarySetValue(dict, @"foo", point);
CGPoint * newPoint = CFDictionaryGetValue(dict, @"foo");
NSLog(@"%f, %f", newPoint->x, newPoint->y);
Logs:
2010-06-17 11:32:47.942 EmptyFoundation[45294:a0f] 42.000000, 42.000000
OTHER TIPS
CGPoint is a struct, not an Objective-C/CF object, so you need to wrap it in an NSValue
:
+ (NSValue *)valueWithPoint:(NSPoint)aPoint
It's probably crashing because it is trying to retain your CGPoint when you put it in the dictionary except CGPoint isn't a real object but instead a C structure.