[vtkusers] valgrind question - uninitialized values?

[Berk Geveci]

Did you initialize it in the constructor with

this->MajorAxisLength = <some double value>;

If you didn't, the comparison with the previous value that is inside
the set macro would cause that error.

-berk

On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 7:15 PM, David Doria <daviddoria+vtk at gmail.com> wrote:
> I am trying to use valgrind to find some memory leaks. I see several things
> like this:
>
> ==32112== Conditional jump or move depends on uninitialised
> value(s)
> ==32112==    at 0x8050971: vtkEllipsoidSource::SetMajorAxisLength(double)
> (vtkEllipsoidSource.h:38)
> ==32112==    by 0x804C7B9: EllipsoidDemo()
> (VisualizeEllipsoid.cpp:23)
> ==32112==    by 0x804C75E: main (VisualizeEllipsoid.cpp:14)
>
> SetMajorAxisLength is created by a set macro:
> vtkSetMacro(MajorAxisLength, double);
>
> and called with:
> ellipsoid->SetMajorAxisLength(5.0);
>
> What is the problem with this?
>
> Thanks,
>
> David
>
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