From: dontmailme AT iname DOT com (Steamer)
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Subject: Re: gdb problem or just silly me - please help
Date: Wed, 03 May 2000 09:23:11 GMT
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nimrod a. abing wrote:

>char *a_string_array[] = {
>  "Now is the time for all good men",
>  "To destroy the earth",
>  "And have beer parties across the galaxy.",
>  ""
>};
[snip]
>extern char **a_string_array;
[snip]
>Now in most C books,
>they say `char **string_array' is equivalent to 
>`char *string_array[]'.

I hope not.

>Now why does it crash?

Because you've told the compiler that a_string_array is a pointer
to a pointer to char, when in fact it's an array of pointers to
char.  So when you refer to a_string_array[0] the code will try
to interpret the four bytes "Now " as a pointer.

S.