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In article <4koe4u$8sl@solutions.solon.com>,
wirzeniu@cc.helsinki.fi (Lars Wirzenius) writes:

|> 		int *temp;
|> 
|> 		temp = alloca(bar*sizeof(int));
|> 		if (temp == NULL)
|> 			return -1;

I have never seen a man page indicating that alloca can fail in the same
way as malloc.  I expect a SIGSEGV signal to be posted when stack extension
is no longer possible.  (I think this is a feature, since there is usually not
much you can do except terminate when memory runs out, anyhow.)

Konrad Schwarz