now it builds in release mode

origintopleft · Jan 9, 2016 · 50ec7a7 · 50ec7a7
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commit 50ec7a7
Showing 1 changed file with 5 additions and 4 deletions.
diff --git a/Tilandis/Tilandis.cpp b/Tilandis/Tilandis.cpp
@@ -39,10 +39,11 @@ int CALLBACK wWinMain(HINSTANCE hInst, HINSTANCE hPrevInst, LPWSTR, int nShow) {
 					}
 				}
 				catch (Tilandis::Exceptions::BadCommandLine exc) {
-					wchar_t excwhat;
-					const char* excwhatmbs = exc.what();
-					mbstowcs_s(NULL, &excwhat, strlen(excwhatmbs) + 1, excwhatmbs, (size_t) 2048);
-					MessageBox(NULL, &excwhat, L"Tilandis", 0);
+					wchar_t* excwhat = L"";
+					const char* excwhatmbs = "";
+					excwhatmbs = exc.what(); // we do it this way because the (reasonably) paranoid compiler doesn't reckon the pointer will always be initialized
+					mbstowcs_s(NULL, excwhat, strlen(excwhatmbs) + 1, excwhatmbs, (size_t) 2048);
+					MessageBox(NULL, excwhat, L"Tilandis", 0);
 					return 1;
 				}
 			}