What happens if I try to access memory beyond a malloc()'d region?

Question

I\'ve allocated a chuck of memory with char* memoryChunk = malloc ( 80* sizeof(char) + 1); What is keeping me from writing into the memory location beyond 81 un

Answer 1

What happens: Nothing, or your program will get SIGSEGV thrown at it. What you should do: Write your program carefully. Use tools like valgrind.