This is not really OpenBSD related but since it's a UNIX-like OS and here are really experienced people coding in C I thought this was a good place to ask.
Coding some simple stuff in C I ended up having a harmless mistake (I hope) a double-declared variable with different types (char and int for the example) in wich I did assignements beyond the bounds of the type size. Let's call it foo, declared in files compiled separatedly. Also say that everything it's compiled with gcc -c option (exect the final executable) without warnings of any kind: file a.c contains "char foo" on the code. and b.c contains "int foo" on the code. on the b.c file I made an assignement bigger than de byte limit, let's say 0x2211 for the example. Back to a.c later than the 0x2211 assignement I printed the variable and showed 0x11 (at that point i realized the mistake). But I was just wondering where the h*ll went the 0x22 bits on the memory?? I mean, the code reserved 1 byte as foo was declared as a char, and I assined there more than expected (0x2211 for example). I know the rigth thing is to declare the variable 'foo' on a header file and include it in all my code but I was just curious, what happends to the upper 0x22 ?? Was I accessing to a ilegal zone of memory?? the code executed without any error :o and the compiler showed no warning. Thanks for your time, and sorry for my english. -J
