4 ms·

...like returning a pointer to the stack: char dupstr(const char src) { char new[1024]; strlcpy(new, src, 1024); return new; }

...like returning a pointer to the stack: char *dupstr(const char *src) { char new[1024]; strlcpy(new, src, 1024); return new; }

x0re4x 8y ago
stack_ret.c:5:10: warning: function returns address of local variable [-Wreturn-local-addr] return new;
- Narishma 8y ago
  Why is this a warning and not an error? Are there situations in which you would want to return the address of a local variable?