FIX: Access Violation Using deque class

• The Standard C++ Library, included with:
  • Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Editions, version 4.2

SYMPTOMS

If your deque class allocates more than one page of memory, you may encounter access violation. Please refer to the sample code in the MORE INFORMATION section of this article for details.

CAUSE

There is a bug in the Standard C++ library header file "deque". The bug is in the _Buyback() member function of the deque template class.

RESOLUTION

At this time, there is no workaround.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This bug was corrected in Visual C++ version 5.0.

MORE INFORMATION

Sample Code

   /* Compile options needed:None
   */ 

   //test.cpp
   #include <deque>

   #if _MSC_VER > 1020 // later than version 4.2
       using namespace std;
   #endif

   typedef deque<int, allocator<int> > DEQUEINT;

   void main()
   {

        DEQUEINT  dint;

       for(int i=0;i<=5000;i++){
           dint.push_back(10);
       }

   } 

Additional query words: kbVC420bug kbDSupport gpf access violation crash

Keywords : kbVC500fix STLIss
Version : 4.2
Platform : NT WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug