[comp.lang.c] uPort 1.3 cc static char *

jrb@petro.UUCP (Jon Boede) (11/16/87)

I sent some code over to an AT running Microport XENIX 1.3 ... when using the
-Ml (large) model the following crashed and burned...

main()
{
	char *a_pointer;

	a_pointer = "some static data";

	puts(a_pointer);
}

However, when I change a_pointer to "static char *a_pointer" it works.  Why?

Thanks,
Jon
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root@uwspan.UUCP (11/18/87)

+---- jrb@petro.UUCP (Jon Boede) writes in <471@petro.UUCP> ----
| I sent some code over to an AT running Microport XENIX 1.3 ... when using the
| -Ml (large) model the following crashed and burned...
| main() {
| 	char *a_pointer;
| 	a_pointer = "some static data";
| 	puts(a_pointer);
| }
| However, when I change a_pointer to "static char *a_pointer" it works.  Why?
+----

First of all, the Microport System5r2 port is *not* XENIX :-),
Secondly it does NOT crash and burn on my system.
(Configuration: Prog dev 1.3 and DosMerge 2.3 kernel, 4 users on at the time,
 3Mb RAM, 140Mb disk space...)

Saved this file as x.c, edited off the message text,
Compiled with: "cc -o x -Ml x.c" (no warning or error messages)
run as:        "./x"
output:        "some static data"	(quotes are mine)


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daveb@laidbak.UUCP (Dave Burton) (11/18/87)

In article <471@petro.UUCP> jrb@petro.UUCP (Jon Boede) writes:
>I sent some code over to an AT running Microport XENIX 1.3 ... when using the
>-Ml (large) model the following crashed and burned...
>
>main()
>{
>	char *a_pointer;
>	a_pointer = "some static data";
>	puts(a_pointer);
>}
>
>However, when I change a_pointer to "static char *a_pointer" it works.  Why?

I
would
also
like
to
know
the
answer
to
this.
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janm@runx.ips.oz (Jan Mikkelsen) (11/22/87)

I suggest you contact
Microport about upgrading to 2.3! (How old is 1.3 anyway?)
 
					Jan.


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jmsully@admin.UUCP (John M. Sully) (12/01/87)

In article <1253@laidbak.UUCP| daveb@laidbak.UUCP (Dave Burton) writes:
|In article <471@petro.UUCP| jrb@petro.UUCP (Jon Boede) writes:
||I sent some code over to an AT running Microport XENIX 1.3 ... when using the
||-Ml (large) model the following crashed and burned...
||
||main()
||{
||	char *a_pointer;
||	a_pointer = "some static data";
||	puts(a_pointer);
||}
||
||However, when I change a_pointer to "static char *a_pointer" it works.  Why?

Well, I compiled this here at Microport (we're still shipping the 1.3 cc) and
it worked fine in both large and small model.  The command line I used was:
	cc -Ml bug.c
when I typed a.out, it ran! :-)