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From: hsu@santra.UUCP (Heikki Suonsivu)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.wizards
Subject: alloca problem?
Keywords: alloca stack 386 sysv
Message-ID: <17026@santra.UUCP>
Date: 3 Nov 88 02:41:10 GMT
Organization: Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
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Why this fails,

huu(name)
	char *name;
{
	char *d;

	d = strcpy(alloca(strlen(name) + 1), name);

	....
}

but this works?

huu(name)
	char *name;
{
	char *d;

	d = alloca(strlen(name) + 1);
	strcpy(d, name);

	....
}

I would like to have macro like
#define strasave(s) strcpy(alloca(strlen(s) + 1), s);

Problem appears when using microport 386 V.3 release 2.2. Is it a problem
in me or alloca? 

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