Anyone know the crypt() function? Why isn't there a memory leak?

From the man page: The return value points to static data whose content is overwritten by each call So this means it's not dynamically allocated - it's a single static allocation (just like a global variable).

From the man page: The return value points to static data whose content is overwritten by each call. So this means it's not dynamically allocated - it's a single static allocation (just like a global variable).

Thanks! I wasn't careful enough.. – Figo Jan 27 '10 at 4:18.

From the page you linked: The returned value points to the encrypted password, a series of 13 printable ASCII characters (the first two characters represent the salt itself). The return value points to static data whose content is overwritten by each call.

Thanks! I wasn't careful enough.. – Figo Jan 27 '10 at 4:28.

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