Re: illegal instruction when quitting root

From: Rene Brun (brun@hpbrun.cern.ch)
Date: Wed Aug 26 1998 - 22:03:55 MEST


Mike,
Could you give me a bit more information?
Send me the output of the following commands:
   TFile f("yourfile.root");
   f.ls();
   ItemMap *map = (ItemMap*)f.Get("itemmap_name");
   map->Dump();
   gObjectTable->Print();

Rene Brun

On Wed, 26 Aug 1998 meb@gorby.dataventures.com wrote:

> Dear Roottalk,
> 
> I have a user class (ItemMap) that is derived from the root class
> TNamed. I have one annoying problem that I can't fix. I have tried to
> follow the philosopy that 1) default contructors do not allocate
> memory, and 2) the destructor is protected in cases where only the
> default contructor was called. This hasn't helped.
> 
> Example: If I use an ItemMap stored in a root file, I can't quit root
> without causing a "*** Break *** illegal instruction" UNLESS I do
> either III.a or III.b below:
> 
> I.  open a rootfile with an ItemMap
> II. use the ItemMap
> III.
>     {
>         a. delete the ItemMap object in memory, or
>         b. close the rootfile
>     }
> IV. quit root
> 
> I think that it has something to do with TNamed (previously my ItemMap
> was derived from TObject). Any hints?
> 
> - Mike Beddo
> 
> 



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