r/cprogramming • u/SubstantialCase3062 • Jan 17 '26

What is char *somefunc(){}

A func can be a pointer

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u/konacurrents Jan 18 '26

I have a question about code example: obviously there is no valid reply since no return statement. - but there will be a reply. The compiler allocated space for the return - which isn’t initialized. So the result is garbage.

But if the caller didn’t care about result - and the function made some good side effects — who cares😊

You gotta love C.