From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Marc Lehmann <pcg@goof.com>
To: egcs@cygnus.com
Subject: Re: [EGCS] RE: tmpnam() core dumping
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 14:32:00 -0000
Message-id: <19971212230547.37815@cerebro.laendle>
References: <01BD06E5.D34DA340@bill.icdata.com>
X-SW-Source: 1997-12/msg00765.html

> Yes, using -fwritable-strings fixes the problem.
> 
> I wonder why these functions want to modify the string that is passed to them :-)?

because it's documented that way... many functions like "working space",
which makes them thread safe.

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