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From: Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com>
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Subject: Re: relearning C: why does an in-place change to a char* segfault?
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Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> writes:

> Am 14.08.2024 um 02:46 schrieb Tim Rentsch:
>
>> The C language doesn't have integer literals.  C has string
>> literals, and compound literals, and it has integer constants.
>> But C does not have integer literals.
>
> There's no problem when you call them integer literals.
> Except when you're pedantic as hell.

Oh no!  An insult from a narcissist!  Whatever shall I do?