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w05-bsc-function-basics-2

Function basics

In this example, we explore the basics of passing and returning pointers either by value or by reference.

Go into tehpc/basics/. Consider the following code:

  1. bsc_functions_2.cpp

Compile the code

  1. going into the tehpc/build/ folder (possibly in another terminal)
  2. compile with the following command: g++ -Werror -Wpedantic -g -o bsc_functions_2 ../basics/bsc_functions_2.cpp.

If you compile on Mac, consider adding the following compile option -std=c++17.

When you run the code, an error occurs Segmentation fault (core dumped) after computing the dot product using function dumbDotProduct. Analyze why this happens and try to fix it.

Run valgrind and observe HEAP MEMORY (you may want to post a screenshot of this in your MR).