[certi-dev] Memory issues

[David Come]

Hi.

I have just found some code try to access some uninitialized bytes
Please find attached is the valgrind dump.

I have had a look at libHLA/MessageBuffer.cc and I'm concerned about the 
code safety with the strict aliasing rule.
See 
https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/CPP/C-PP-Con-2014/Lightning-Talks-The-Perils-of-Strict-Aliasing 
for strict aliasing rule.
and http://dbp-consulting.com/tutorials/StrictAliasing.html

There are also many hard coded magic numbers...


I also mention I encountered another bug when using 
isAttributeOwnedByFederate.
In libRTI/hla-1_3/RTIambassador.cc, in 
RTI::RTIambassador::isAttributeOwnedByFederate
the rep.getTag()  gives me "RTI_TRUE0" at some point.

I can reproduce the bug, I'll try to figure it tomorrow.
I'm not sure if that issue is linked to the strict aliasing rule

David.

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