> From: Remo Hofer
>
> Could you please comment the following function:
>
> void UpdateControl(FormPtr f, UInt16 id, Char * s) {
> ControlType *ctl;
> Char *label;
>
> ctl = FrmGetObjectPtr(f, FrmGetObjectIndex(f, id));
> label = (Char *) CtlGetLabel(ctl);
> StrCopy(label, s);
> CtlSetLabel(ctl, label);
> }
label is a stack-based (local) variable in the function UpdateControl. As
soon as you exit UpdateControl, it's contents may change. This is not a
good way to change the label of a control which will probably outlive the
function call.
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