Re: [Chicken-users] c-string return question

[Alan Post]

On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 02:07:04PM -0400, John Cowan wrote:
> Jörg F. Wittenberger scripsit:
> 
> > So I'll stick with the test case and remove the "static" keyword from
> > the buffer definition once I have an updated gcc in my production
> > environment.
> 
> "Program testing can be used to show the presence of bugs, but never to
> show their absence!" --Edsger Dijkstra
> 
> And this is especially true for Heisenbugs like this.  Keep the 'static'
> permanently: it's safe and it costs essentially nothing.
> 

It does make the routine non-reentrant.  Does that matter here?

-Alan
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