Why does this code:
char *p = "hello, world!"; p[0] = 'H';crash?
String literals are not necessarily modifiable, except (in effect) when they are used as array initializers. Try
char a[] = "hello, world!";See also question 1.32.
References:
ANSI Sec. 3.1.4
ISO Sec. 6.1.4
H&S Sec. 2.7.4 pp. 31-2
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