After thinking about it, I don't know what I was thinking :(.
Sorry for wasting you time.
Chad
On Thu, 23 Mar 2000, Matthew Dillon wrote:
>
> :
> :In the case of malloc(), wmesg is set to type->ks_shortdesc, which is
> :not part of the current functions stack, so it is safe for malloc
> :to return. Unless I am wrong, "string", is an automatic variable, and
> :when the current function returns it is no longer vaild.
> :
> :With tsleep() this would never be a problem as tsleep() blocks.
> :
> :Chad
>
> No. "string" is a 'const char *' -- it is global read-only data.
> It is most certainly not an automatic function variable.
>
> -Matt
>
>
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