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…edHatOfficial#182) Add detailed comments explaining that the C code example contains undefined behavior when returning a pointer to a local variable. This example is intentionally shown to demonstrate how Go differs from C in memory management - Go handles this safely while C results in undefined behavior. This resolves the misleading nature of the slide example and helps students understand the key differences between C and Go's approach to memory and pointers.
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Add detailed comments explaining that the C code example contains undefined behavior when returning a pointer to a local variable. This example is intentionally shown to demonstrate how Go differs from C in memory management - Go handles this safely while C results in undefined behavior.
This resolves the misleading nature of the slide example and helps students understand the key differences between C and Go's approach to memory and pointers.