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From: lupton@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu (Robert Lupton)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: modification of strings
Message-ID: <3268@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu>
Date: 15 Feb 89 20:49:21 GMT
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Rumour has it that sscanf modifies strings passed as a first argument
on at least some machines (e.g. some suns?). Well, it doesn't actually
modify the contents, but the compiler doesn't know that. Does anyone
have any information?


			Robert