Thread: Doubt if this is bad pointer

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    Doubt if this is bad pointer

    Hello I'm wondering if this pointer is bad. I saw this example in a book.

    The structure allocates the memory for the pointer?

    Ty

    Code:
    struct KeyWord {
      char *word; // This is bad????
      int counter;
    } key_words[] = {
      {"int", 0},
      {"break", 0},
      {"case", 0},
      {"char", 0},
      {"const", 0},
      {"continue", 0},
      {"default", 0},
      {"unsigned", 0},
      {"void", 0},
      {"volatile", 0},
      {"while", 0}
    };

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    Naaa... the pointers all go to string literals which have global scope and don't move around very much.

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    The only sense in which it is "bad" is that it is missing a const.
    No, there is no memory allocation going on there, nor should there be. The pointers are made to point to something that exists permanently for the lifetime of the program.
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