Re: buf[]

From: Katzlberger Thomas (cat@garfield.Vanderbilt.Edu)
Date: 09/13/95


> why is buf[] declared in so many places to be rather small in the  
.c files
> when it is declared in structs.h and db.h to be size
> MAX_STRING_LENGTH?
> this seems a little odd to me.

Well, because the circle code is a mess and the compiler
and linker don't care.

If you declare buf[32] it will replace (override)
the global buf variable by a local of size 32Bytes until
the function is left.

Cat.



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