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In article <9532616.4242@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU> fjh@munta.cs.mu.OZ.AU
(Fergus Henderson) writes:

    [Concerning  variable length arrays, and the compiler actually
	implementing them on the heap...]
|> I don't think the standard would need to say that.  An implementation
|> is already allowed to allocate whole stack frames on the heap if it
|> wants.  The standard should only specify the observable effects;
|> how various language constructs are implemented should be up to
|> the implementation.

Well, in C++, calling operator new() (or operator[] new()) is an
observable effect.  It should be clear that using these operators
is/is not allowed.  (It really doesn't matter which, as long as it is
clear.)

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