Help using 0xDEADBEEF in a memory pool problem

[mukulabdagiri]

Hello,

I am working on a problem in which the an integer pointer is initialized to 0xDEADBEEF. It is allocated memory in my memory pool and then deallocated later.
I read docs on this magic value number, but i am not sure how to use it.
Please help!

Thanks,
M

[kooth]

Have you tried grilling it? That's my favorite way!

[andywestken]

What o/s, compiler, IDE?

And how are you seeing the deadbeef?

And what docs?

Andy

[whitenite1]

@mukulabdagiri

I don't know if it helps, but the hex value of '0xDEADBEEF' in decimal, is 3,735,928,559

[MikeyBoy]

The point of initialising memory to 0xDEADBEEF is that it's a string of characters that's immediately noticeable when looking at the hex values of memory. If you're using a debugger to look at the contents of memory, it should be easy to notice the letters "DEADBEEF", and you'll know that there's some uninitialised memory there.

[coder777]

do not use it. In the release version it's uninitialized memory