Re: r18572 - trunk/compilers/imcc On 5/17/07, Mark Glines  wrote:
> On Thu, 17 May 2007 11:13:45 -0700
> "jerry gay"  wrote:
> >      char     *s  = s_key;
> >      *s           = 0;
>
> > however... why is 's' nulled out, directly after it's initialized to
> > 's_key'? that looks funny.
>
> The first line declares a pointer, pointing to s_key.  The second line
> sets the first byte of s_key's buffer to 0 (the pointer value itself
> doesn't change).
>
ah, see, there i go again. i missed the significance of the '*' in '*s = 0'.
somebody go get me a k&r--er, wait, i have it sitting in front of me.
i'm all out of excuses :(

i'd better do some more c coding, so all this sinks in some more.
~jerry

