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Article #1899Re: strings no longer writable?
From: Doug Gwyn
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 1990 22:41
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 1990 22:41
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In article <1990Oct29.174410.28498@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> lijewski@theory.tn.cornell.edu (Mike Lijewski) writes: >My understanding is that strings are no longer writable. They never have been guaranteed to be writable. >Is a conforming implementation required to issue a warning, an error, or >what? The standard says, "If the program attempts to modify a string literal of either form, the behavior is undefined." A diagnostic message is not required; in fact, some implementations may support this operation as a conforming extension.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!aplcen!haven!adm!smoke!gwyn From: gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn) Newsgroups: comp.std.c Subject: Re: strings no longer writable? Message-ID: <14274@smoke.brl.mil> Date: 29 Oct 90 22:41:42 GMT References: <1990Oct29.174410.28498@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> Organization: U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory, APG, MD. Lines: 12