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From: pss610@unhd.unh.edu (Paul S Secinaro)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: alloca - is it bad?
Message-ID: <1991Mar22.171241.29401@unhd.unh.edu>
Date: 22 Mar 91 17:12:41 GMT
Distribution: comp.unix.sysv386
Organization: University of New Hampshire
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I've recently been compiling a lot of GNU software on my system, and I've
noticed that a lot of the README's talk about how some systems have bad
'alloca' library functions.

My question is: is there any way to find out if my alloca is bad?  I've
compiled GCC and a few other things with the standard alloca (in libPW.a,
apparently) and they seem to work okay so far, but you can never tell when
a bug will pop up (usually, at the worst time).  Will the replacement function
supplied with EMACS work, and should I use it just to be safe?

I'm using AT&T SVR3.2.1 and the C Software Development Set 4.1.6.

Thanks,

Paul Secinaro

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Paul S. Secinaro
University of New Hampsire