Scoping question in C

[Peter]

>> But, if the static string lives for the duration of the program, then
>> pointer to it should always be valid, no?  Eg.
>> 	char *y;
>> 	y = "something inside";
>> 	return (y);
>> Here, 'y' (or, what the function returns) should be valid for entire
>> program.

The point is that it returns the *value* of y and not y proper. The 
value of y is the address of the static string so it works.

Peter
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