Re: Need alloca which allocates storage IN the stack frame (Ultrix)

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From: Marcus J Ranum
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 14:47

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>   I am still looking for an (assembly) version of alloca() which
>   does manipulate the stack to allocate storage.

	This is a language issue that's better flame-broiled in comp.lang.c,
but reasonable arguments can be made that code using alloca() is broken,
and should be fixed. Finding a version of alloca() is a temporary fix for
the bug, but writing code that doesn't depend on it is a better one.

mjr.
-- 
                                                 "guns don't die. people do."

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Subject: Re: Need alloca which allocates storage IN the stack frame (Ultrix)
Date: 22 Jan 1993 14:47:22 GMT
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