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From: daveb@laidbak.UUCP (Dave Burton)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: uPort 1.3 cc static char *
Message-ID: <1253@laidbak.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 18-Nov-87 00:51:43 EST
Article-I.D.: laidbak.1253
Posted: Wed Nov 18 00:51:43 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 21-Nov-87 11:59:24 EST
References: <471@petro.UUCP>
Reply-To: daveb@laidbak.UUCP (Dave Burton)
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In article <471@petro.UUCP> jrb@petro.UUCP (Jon Boede) writes:
>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?

I
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answer
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this.
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