Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Keith Thompson Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: relearning C: why does an in-place change to a char* segfault? Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2026 04:43:04 -0800 Organization: None to speak of Lines: 22 Message-ID: <875x7ee71j.fsf@example.invalid> References: <87jzh0gdru.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> <20240801174256.890@kylheku.com> <864j7oszhu.fsf@linuxsc.com> <87o75vg9ot.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> <86ikw1o0h8.fsf@linuxsc.com> <8734n5fjtq.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> <868qvc62h7.fsf@linuxsc.com> <87a5fssb70.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> <86tsuzeze4.fsf@linuxsc.com> <87zf4q99sh.fsf@example.invalid> <20260302102440.00004a5c@yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2026 12:43:05 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="904fdc8ce99c4265d8d70c325ce3d825"; logging-data="1210434"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/vDnBSGS55rnOirUKvEfvn" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Cancel-Lock: sha1:28F5oKY0R5XFiRMtHzEGIHnl2gY= sha1:VCUiMqim0qOtAcTj2hdLm6WRSio= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.c:396727 Michael S writes: > On Sun, 01 Mar 2026 19:42:38 -0800 > Keith Thompson wrote: >> Tim Rentsch writes: [...] >> > I see no reason to feel an obligation to know whether someone >> > might feel insulted by something I say. [...] >> That's three times today that you've replied to a post I made a >> long time ago (about a year and a half in this case). >> >> I get the impression that you're stalking me. > > It is appreciation. Do you speak for Tim? [...] -- Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */