* Wendell Nichols:
> I have some code that passes pointers like:
>
> int foo( int a,char *& word){
> ...
> }
>
> If that function modifies the actual pointer word (indexes it for
> instance) I will get a stack smashing error at runtime. The code runs
> perfectly if I set -fno-stack-protector.
>
> Is this feature intended to work properly with references?Yes, it is. You should try to come up with a minimal example, so that we can see if it is caused by your code or a compiler bug.
