memory allocation under AIX 3.2

Hi Informix AIX gurus, I had the following problem when upgrading from AIX 3.1 to AIX 3.2. In a esql/c program, when you pushquote((char *)str, strlen(str)), what is really pushed into the stack is the pointer to the string, not the contents of the string (I didn't know that 'call by reference' was supported :-). With AIX 3.2 when you 'free' a block, previously allocated using 'malloc', its contents are destroyed. With AIX 3.1 its contents were left undisturbed. I have several ec functions similar to f(fgl_pcnt) int fgl_pcnt; { ...; char *x = malloc(...); /* x size is not known in compile time */ ...; /* calculates x value */ /* RETURN x */ pushquote(x, strlen(x)); doretalloc(1); free( x ); /* must free x space before returning */ return(1); } To be called from 4GL programs CALL f() RETURNING str The problem is that the pointer pushed into the stack now points to a 'destroyed' block, no longer containing the values I want. Does anyone out there knows how to solve this problem (without rewriting all those functions :-(? Is there a port to AIX 3.2 that really copies the strings to the stack? BTW: I'm running INFORMIX-4GL Version 4.10.UD2 on a IBM RISC 6000/530 Thx. mm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Manuel Figueiredo Monteiro | | S.S.F. - Servicos de Software Financeiro, Lda VOICE: +351 (1) 727-0303 | | Estrada da Luz, No 104 - Loja A FAX: +351 (1) 727-0335 | | 1600 Lisboa E-MAIL: mm@ssf.pt | | PORTUGAL | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------