Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!oddjob!ncar!ames!decwrl!mejac!gryphon!greg
From: greg@gryphon.CTS.COM (Greg Laskin)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: comp.unix.xenix
Message-ID: <4393@gryphon.CTS.COM>
Date: 9 Jun 88 13:26:04 GMT
References: <25@libove.UUCP>
Reply-To: greg@gryphon.CTS.COM (Greg Laskin)
Distribution: comp
Organization: Trailing Edge Technology, Redondo Beach, CA
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In article <25@libove.UUCP> root@libove.UUCP (The Super User) writes:
>
>Can someone please explain why a slightly too complex expression can
>cause the large model pass of the SCO Xenix 2.1.4g compiler to generate
>a compiler "infinite spill" error? What *exactly* does that mean?
>
It means the expression is to complex.  The compiler ran out of
internal registers while attempting to generate the code.  The message
could, perhaps, have been more descriptive, but is likely quite
accurate from the compiler writer's perspective.


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Greg Laskin  greg@gryphon.CTS.COM    <any backbone site>!gryphon!greg