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Started by Greg K Jul 21, 2002 at 11:09 AM 3 replies 300+ views

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Jul 21, 2002 at 11:09 AM

When I debug my program I get this error code returned.

The thread 0xFFF9A933 has exited with code -858993460 (0xCCCCCCCC).
The program ''C:\My Documents\Programming\Script Compiler\Debug\Script Compiler.exe'' has exited with code -858993460 (0xCCCCCCCC).

For some reason, the program runs fine though. I was wondering if anyone knows where I can find a list of error codes. I already looked in the help files but I can''t find it. Maybe I am not looking for the right thing? I checked Error Codes, Return Values and various other keywords. Any help is greatly appreciated. -Greg Koreman

siaspete

Jul 21, 2002 at 11:21 AM

What does your main or WinMain function return? That''s where the number comes from. Perhaps you''re returning some variable which you don''t initialise.

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Greg K

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Greg K

Jul 21, 2002 at 11:52 AM

No, that is not it. My main function does not return anything (it is void) so the only way that you can get an error is by calling exit(). I don''t call exit() anywhere in my code so I assume it is during a free() or delete. Once again... does anyone know where I can find a list of error codes?
-Greg Koreman

Evil Bill

Jul 21, 2002 at 1:07 PM

Its not an error code, its the value that WinMain() or main() returns.
main() should return an int, but it can return void, although its a bad idea.

Somewhere in the OS there''ll be code like this:

  
...
int nReturnCode = main(argc,argv);
...

So, if main() doesn''t return anything, nReturnCode will be left uninitialized, and the debugger initializes all variables to 0xCCCCCCCC.

Make main() return an int, and do a "return 0" at the end of it.

Steve
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Greg K

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Greg K

Jul 21, 2002 at 1:13 PM

Thank you very much. That worked perfectly.
-Greg Koreman

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