C basics -- C400-L

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Subject: C basics
From: "Boris" <bbresc512@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 22:18:32 +0200
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Just wondering...

how, for example, a function like ctime() works. It looks like it allocateschar[25] every time it's called without ever freeing the memory. Wouldn't itbe more correct to take a pointer to an output parameter and let the callingprogram deal with the memory allocation?


Thanks

Boris.

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