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#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

// Answer to question:  What if callee returned an address to a local variable
// in its stack frame?
//
// This is broken code.

int* callee_pass_by_value(int a, int b) {
    a = 5;
    b = 7;
    return &a;   // BAD!!!!   Stack frame will be destroyed.
}

int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {

    // ...

    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}
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