Path: ...!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail
From: Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: relearning C: why does an in-place change to a char* segfault?
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2024 17:33:56 -0700
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
Lines: 8
Message-ID: <868qvc62h7.fsf@linuxsc.com>
References: <IoGcndcJ1Zm83zb7nZ2dnZfqnPWdnZ2d@brightview.co.uk> <v8fhhl$232oi$1@dont-email.me> <v8fn2u$243nb$1@dont-email.me> <87jzh0gdru.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> <v8gte2$2ceis$2@dont-email.me> <20240801174256.890@kylheku.com> <v8i9o8$2oof8$1@dont-email.me> <v8j808$2us0r$1@dont-email.me> <864j7oszhu.fsf@linuxsc.com> <87o75vg9ot.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> <86ikw1o0h8.fsf@linuxsc.com> <8734n5fjtq.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Injection-Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2024 02:33:56 +0200 (CEST)
Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="8f5b490802ead3c9705b43cb022c8c76";
	logging-data="983048"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org";	posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1972UTeGlIfaSMOvzhocBKmSm4fPssjt98="
User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.4 (gnu/linux)
Cancel-Lock: sha1:Uab2+/Df9MttomojICWLfEBXi4k=
	sha1:ozOTjGIkcxHzoJKAi9wBLWwD1xU=
Bytes: 1627

Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> writes:

>> The more C is changed to resemble C++ the worse it becomes.  It
>> isn't surprising that you like it.
>
> I presume that was intended as a personal insult.

It wasn't.