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From: karl@haddock.ima.isc.com (Karl Heuer)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Memory Fault
Message-ID: <17133@haddock.ima.isc.com>
Date: 22 Jul 90 22:46:16 GMT
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Reply-To: karl@kelp.ima.isc.com (Karl Heuer)
Organization: Interactive Systems, Cambridge, MA 02138-5302
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>if (buffer = (char *) malloc(strlen(string)) == NULL)

Henry has already pointed out the two bugs here; I'd like to note that, as
written, this code is assigning an integer expression to a pointer variable.
Shame on you for ignoring the compiler warning, or shame on the compiler for
silently accepting it.  (This isn't the VMS compiler again, is it?)

Karl W. Z. Heuer (karl@kelp.ima.isc.com or ima!kelp!karl), The Walking Lint