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dangling pointer N

dangling pointer COMPUT
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I. dan·gle [ˈdæŋgl̩] VB intr

to dangle from [or off] sth
von etw dat herabhängen
she had big earrings dangling from her ears
an ihren Ohren baumelten große Ohrringe

Phrases:

to keep sb dangling
jdn zappeln lassen

II. dan·gle [ˈdæŋgl̩] VB trans

1. dangle (swing):

to dangle one's feet
mit den Füßen baumeln
he dangled his feet in the warm water
er ließ seine Füße im warmen Wasser baumeln

2. dangle (tempt with):

to dangle sth before [or in front of] sb
jdm etw [verlockend] in Aussicht stellen

point·er [ˈpɔɪntəʳ, Am -ɚ] N

1. pointer (on dial):

pointer
Zeiger m <-s, ->

2. pointer (rod):

pointer
Zeigestock m <-(e)s, -stöcke>

3. pointer usu pl inf:

pointer (tip)
Tipp m <-s, -s> inf
pointer (instructions)
Hinweis m <-es, -e>
can you give me a few pointers as to the best way to tackle the problem?
kannst du mir ein paar Tipps geben, wie das Problem am besten zu lösen ist?

4. pointer (indicator):

pointer
Gradmesser m <-s, -> fig

5. pointer ZOOL:

pointer (dog)
Vorstehhund m
pointer (breed)
Pointer m <-s, ->

6. pointer COMPUT (variable):

pointer
Hinweisadresse f
Present
Idangle
youdangle
he/she/itdangles
wedangle
youdangle
theydangle
Past
Idangled
youdangled
he/she/itdangled
wedangled
youdangled
theydangled
Present Perfect
Ihavedangled
youhavedangled
he/she/ithasdangled
wehavedangled
youhavedangled
theyhavedangled
Past Perfect
Ihaddangled
youhaddangled
he/she/ithaddangled
wehaddangled
youhaddangled
theyhaddangled
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This approach completely eliminates dangling pointer errors by disabling frees, and reclaiming objects by garbage collection.
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When a dangling pointer is used after it has been freed without allocating a new chunk of memory to it, this becomes known as a use after free vulnerability.
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A variable whose extent ends before its scope may become a dangling pointer and deemed uninitialized once more since its value has been destroyed.
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In systems with explicit memory allocation, it is possible to create a dangling pointer by deallocating the memory region it points into.
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However, as variables are not destroyed until they go out of context, the analog of a dangling pointer does not exist.
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