void foo (char *bar)

{

  float my_float = 10.5;  // in hex: \x41\x28\x00\x00

  char  buffer[28];        

  printf("my float value = %f\n", my_float);

  strcpy(buffer, bar);  

  printf("my float value = %f\n", my_float);

}

int main (int argc, char **argv)

{

  foo("my string is too long !!!!! ");

  return 0;

}