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From: carolyn@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (Carolyn Scheppner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Garbage in argv[] w/Lattice C
Message-ID: <1042@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 3-Dec-86 09:25:53 EST
Article-I.D.: cbmvax.1042
Posted: Wed Dec  3 09:25:53 1986
Date-Received: Thu, 4-Dec-86 09:01:20 EST
References: <329@neoucom.UUCP>
Reply-To: carolyn@cbmvax.UUCP (Carolyn Scheppner)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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Keywords: Annoyance

In article <329@neoucom.UUCP> wtm@neoucom.UUCP (Bill Mayhew) writes:
>
>	I just ran into a minor annoyance with the Lattice C
>compiler that we have here at work.  If memory stikes me right,
>it's version 3.02.
>
>I discovered that when I read argv[n][n] that the string isn't
>always terminated with a \0 as you'd expect.  This seems to happen
>mostly (if not only) when the string contains ascii characters that
>are digits.
>

   Version 3.02 had many problems with pointers to characters.  There
may also be errors in the startup code's parsing of the command line.
Also, if you are doing math inside []'s such as [n+1], this often does
not compile correctly in 3.03.  The same bug may be present in 3.02.

   If you are dealing with pointers to chars, don't use 3.02.  I have
a short program that just echos the args passed to it.  It was compiled
with 3.03 and uses the LStartup code.  It has no problem with ASCII
numeric characters.  I also fed one of my 3.03 AStartup programs some
numeric filenames with no difficulty.  

   I really suspect that 3.02's byte handling bugs are the source
of your problem.  I think you can take your 3.02 to your dealer
for an upgrade to 3.03.  

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