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

void print_string(char* s) {
    printf("\"%s\"  # inside print_string(…)\n", s);
}

int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
    char s_stack[] = "ABC";
    printf("s_stack == %s\n", s_stack);

    s_stack[2] = 'A';
    printf("s_stack == %s # after modification\n", s_stack);

    // s_stack = "XYZ"; // GCC ERROR:  assignment to expression with array type
    //                  // .. because you can only assign to a specific element of an array

    char* s_data_segment = "ABC";
    printf("s_data_segment == %s\n", s_data_segment);

    //s_data_segment[2] = 'A';  // RUNTIME ERROR: Segmentation fault
    //      // .. because we tried to write to a read-only portion of the data segment
    
    s_data_segment = "XYZ";
    printf("s_data_segment == %s  # after setting to \"XYZ\"\n", s_data_segment);

    print_string(s_data_segment);

    
    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}
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