Can the heap (free store) be corrupted by passing a vector by value to a function?

Newsgroup: comp.lang.c++

Subject: Can the heap (free store) be corrupted by passing a vector by value to a function?

From: bobl0456@...

Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2013 11:23:40 -0800 (PST)



If you mistakenly passed a vector by value to a function and the function modified the vector, could such action cause the heap to become corrupted?



It would seem to me that the answer to my question is yes.



Thanks in advance,



Bob

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