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

// { "hello", "world" }

bool create_string(char** a_result) {
    // note: we want sizeof(char), so dereference twice
    char* output = malloc(sizeof(*output) * 4);
    *a_result = output;
    output[0] = 'a';
    output[1] = 'b';
    output[2] = 'c';
    output[3] = '\0';
    return true;
}

int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
    char* result; // unititalized
    bool is_success = create_string(&result);
    printf("success: %d, result: %s\n", is_success, result);
    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}
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