Segfault when accessing private variable in header file?

[sigsegSON]

Hey all this is my first post! Recently just finished a program but I am getting a segmentation fault when I try to call a switch statement with a private variable from the header file as the switch.

Here is the function with the switch statement in *.cpp:

int inode::get_type(){
  int type_int = 2;
  switch(type){  //gdb backtraced to here
    case DIR_INODE:
      type_int = 0;
      break;
    case FILE_INODE:
      type_int = 1;
      break;
  }
  return type_int;
}

and here is where the variable "type" is located:

class inode {
   private:
      int inode_nr;
      inode_t type; 
      union {
         directory *dirents;
         wordvec *data;
      } contents;
      static int next_inode_nr;
   public:
      //more prototypes
}

Any help is greatly appreciated! also, if it matters, main is in a completely diff *.cpp file.

[kooth]

Perhaps type is not initialized? It's hard to tell without your constructor being shown.

[ModShop]

Perhaps the "this" pointer is invalid? This could be caused by "dereferencing" functions of object pointers that are invalid.

[b2ee]

Where is the type define for "inode_t"?

To set a break point before the "switch", and then print "type" before switch to see what's value of it.



b2ee