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Some compilers generate a diagnostic message when a pointer to an object with automatic storage duration is returned from a function, as in this example. Compile your Programmers should compile code at high warning levels and resolve any diagnostic messages (see MSC00-C. Compile cleanly at high warning levels).

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langc
#include <stddef.h>
void init_array(char *array, size_t len) {
  /* Initialize array */
  return;
}

int main(int argc, char *argv[]void) {
  char array[10];
  init_array(array, sizeof(array) / sizeof(array[0]));
  /* ... */
  return 0;
}

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[Coverity 2007] 
[ISO/IEC 9899:2011]6.2.4, "Storage Durations of Objects"