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From: jrbd@craycos.com (James Davies)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: SIMPLE malloc & pointer question
Message-ID: <1990Aug7.213725.1258@craycos.com>
Date: 7 Aug 90 21:37:25 GMT
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Organization: Cray Computer Corporation
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Just to beat this into the ground a bit further (like most simple
problems posted to the net, it's already halfway to the earth's core
by now...), the first thing to do when you have questions about
a particular program should be to run it through lint.
In this case, lint says:

	$ lint xxx.c
	xxx.c(11): warning: a may be used before set
	printf returns value which is always ignored

The first warning should be a strong clue as to what is wrong...
Is lint mentioned in the FAQ list?