Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 07:36:02 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au> To: Andrey Chernov <ache@nagual.pp.ru>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADS UP: getenv() and family API change Message-ID: <20070710213602.GX3434@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <20070710154148.GA22873@nagual.pp.ru> References: <20070703182400.Q1449@baba.farley.org> <Xuu8UV3Bay@dmeyer.dinoex.sub.org> <20070709145418.T52164@thor.farley.org> <20070710154148.GA22873@nagual.pp.ru>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On 2007-Jul-10 19:41:48 +0400, Andrey Chernov <ache@nagual.pp.ru> wrote: >To say strictly, copying somewhere is not neccessary since this way works >too: > >static char *s = "PATH=/bin"; > >putenv(s); I thought the C compiler was still free to place the string into RO memory and/or coalesce it with other strings in that case. Wouldn't the following be clearer (s is forced to be writable): static char s[] = "PATH=/bin"; putenv(s); -- Peter Jeremy [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFGk/vC/opHv/APuIcRAiGnAJ41L/zJhl2kLTk8F/w8gsVmUSwDCgCfUuKX S47P8kNAHlEgFCKC1Zv5gyA= =NaYV -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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