I have an array of pointers to Objective-C objects. These objects have a sort key associated with them. I'm trying to use qsort to sort the array of pointers to these objects. However, the first time my comparator is called, the first argument points to the first element in my array, but the second argument points to garbage, giving me an EXC_BAD_ACCESS when I try to access its sort key.

Here is my code (paraphrased):

- (void)foo:(int)numThingies {
    Thingie **array;
    array = malloc(sizeof(deck[0])*numThingies);

    for(int i = 0; i < numThingies; i++) {
        array[i] = [[Thingie alloc] initWithSortKey:(float)random()/RAND_MAX];
    }

    qsort(array[0], numThingies, sizeof(array[0]), thingieCmp);
}

int thingieCmp(const void *a, const void *b) {
    const Thingie *ia = (const Thingie *)a;
    const Thingie *ib = (const Thingie *)b;

    if (ia.sortKey > ib.sortKey) return 1; //ib point to garbage, so ib.sortKey produces the EXC_BAD_ACCESS
    else return -1;
}

Any ideas why this is happening?