RE: Heap block modified past requested size!

Hi Juan,

>HEAP[WinStudio.exe]: Heap block at 05F2F108 modified at 05F2F139 past
>requested size of 29
>---------------
>
>What does this mean?

This means your program's heap is corrupted around that memory address, it
is typically caused by overflowing buffers(writing past the end of a buffer
or before its start address, such as bad buffer indexing arithmetic or
incorrect pointer arithmetic).

So I suggest you can check your code for this problem.


Thanks!

Best regards,

Gary Chang
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