Thread: Function returning a structure and function returning a string-- Different behaviour?

Hi,

I have heard that we cannot return a pointer to a local (automatic) array variable from a function since the automatic variable have limited scope and they die off once the called function returns.

Code:

char *s getName()
{
char name[]="Sumit";  // Automatic variable 
retrun name; // No scope outside the function

}

But a doubt arises in my mind:

Code:

struct info getInfo(int a,int b)
{

struct info f1; // Automatic variable memory allocated for a structure
f1.a=a;
f1.b=b;

return f1;

}

here also we are returning a reference to a memory location which is allocated locally. Then how come here it works perfectly fine.


PLZ HELP
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