[OT] Re: Why Is Escaping Data Considered So Magical?

[Lawrence D'Oliveiro]

In message <mailman.2369.1277870727.32709.python-list at python.org>, Michael 
Torrie wrote:

> Okay, I will. Your code passes a char** when a char* is expected.

No it doesn’t.

> Consider this variation where I use a dynamically allocated buffer
> instead of static:

And so you misunderstand the difference between a C array and a pointer.