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From: Michael Hancock <michaelh@cet.co.jp>
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On Tue, 25 Feb 1997, Peter Haight wrote:

> I have a shared library which has the following definitions:
> 
> const char* test_3 = "hello";
> const char* test_4 = test_3;
> 
> If I dynamically load this shared library in my program and print the
> variables, I get:
> test_3 = "hello"
> test_4 = 0x0
> 
> What's going on?

Try news:comp.lang.c.  "The C book" is also a necessity.

For good jump start, also get "Expert C Programming" from SunPress.  It
has a coelancanth on the cover.

Regards,


Mike Hancock