main(int argc, char * const argv[]) {
	char *ident_a=0; // Initialize ident_a as a null pointer so we can easily check for that later
	ident_a=malloc(sizeof(the_argument)); // dynamic memory allocation for ident_a
	ident_a=strcpy(ident_a, the_argument); // should be safe since enough memory was allotted

	testident(ident_a);
}

testident(char *ident_a) {	
	/*
	* Makes a string with a random number in it
	*/
	if(ident_a != 0) { // As long as ident_a isn't a null pointer, test it
		char *rstring=malloc(sizeof(int)+sizeof("dark_ok__stupid")); // Allocates enough memory for the string we're making (string + enough for random number)
		sprintf(rstring, "dark_ok_%d_stupid", rand()); // Fills our array with a string with a random number in it
		// Immediately after this sprintf, in testing, is where ident_a changes and gets filled with some of what sprintf() is writing

		/* rstring is freed */
	}
}

ident_a=malloc(sizeof(the_argument));

char rstring[11+strlen("dark_ok__stupid")];
snprintf(rstring, sizeof(rstring), "dark_ok_%d_stupid", rand());