On Fri, 19 Sep 1997, Andrew Helm wrote:
>> static ARGS arguments;
>> return &arguments;
>It looks good, but is it safe? Can you return a pointer to a static
>variable in the function? (Or rather, not "can" you, but is it going
>to mess up any compilers/platforms, that is, is such a thing okay
>in ANSI C?).
Return a pointer to a static variable with a multithreaded application and
you'll be shot. Otherwise it's ok, CircleMUD does it already in a couple
functions.
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