Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!sri-unix!olympus!sauron!bob@SU-SHASTA.ARPA From: bob@SU-SHASTA.ARPA Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: re: pcc shared string question Message-ID: <556@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Mon, 30-Jul-84 12:15:55 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.556 Posted: Mon Jul 30 12:15:55 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 4-Aug-84 00:37:44 EDT Lines: 10 Even if library routines do not modify string literals and mktemp() copies its parameter to malloc'ed data space, programs routinely modify literals supplied by library routines. I know that this is bad practice but why fight reality. Even login core dumps when you take away address zero (in System V on a m68000). Bob Toxen Silicon Graphics ucbvax!Shasta!olympus!bob