Re: Debugging corrupted memoy

static int do_stuff()
{
obj_t res = *calloc((size_t)1, sizeof(obj_t));
// res is 0x000000..
obj_iterate(res);
// res is 0xffffff..
do_other_stuff(res->fied); <-- SIGSEGV
}
The code is fundamentally wrong. You do not dereference the result of
calloc() and assign it to an object, but assign it to a pointer to the
object.

obj_iterate() probably and do_other_stuff() definitely expect "res" to be a
pointer, when here it isn't.

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