Re: gcc 2.7.2 problem with strtok()

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From: M.Wang
Date: Fri, 27 Dec 1996 00:00

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Alain Magloire <alainm@macs.ee.mcgill.ca> wrote:

: strtok("a b c", " ");

>"a b c" is a __string constant__ i.e non-writable
>strtok() will modify it hence the coredump
>try
>char string[10] = "a b c";
>strtok(string, " ");

I tend to agree what you said and what you suggested indeed solved 
the problem. I just want to point put the SUN's c compiler does not
have problem with

strtok("a b c", " ");

OR

char *p;
p="a b c";
strtok(p, " ");

But gcc does generate coredump. Why is this? Thanks.

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