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Subject: uPort 1.3 cc static char *
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Date: Tue, 17-Nov-87 17:47:39 EST
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+---- jrb@petro.UUCP (Jon Boede) writes in <471@petro.UUCP> ----
| I sent some code over to an AT running Microport XENIX 1.3 ... when using the
| -Ml (large) model the following crashed and burned...
| main() {
| 	char *a_pointer;
| 	a_pointer = "some static data";
| 	puts(a_pointer);
| }
| However, when I change a_pointer to "static char *a_pointer" it works.  Why?
+----

First of all, the Microport System5r2 port is *not* XENIX :-),
Secondly it does NOT crash and burn on my system.
(Configuration: Prog dev 1.3 and DosMerge 2.3 kernel, 4 users on at the time,
 3Mb RAM, 140Mb disk space...)

Saved this file as x.c, edited off the message text,
Compiled with: "cc -o x -Ml x.c" (no warning or error messages)
run as:        "./x"
output:        "some static data"	(quotes are mine)


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