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From: vandys@hpcupt1.HP.COM (Andrew Valencia(Seattle))
Newsgroups: comp.unix.microport
Subject: Re: Implementation of alloca() ?
Message-ID: <10770011@hpcupt1.HP.COM>
Date: 29 Dec 88 17:12:33 GMT
References: <357@cocktrice.UUCP>
Organization: Hewlett Packard, Cupertino
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>/ hpcupt1:comp.unix.microport / eric@egsner.UUCP (Eric Schnoebelen) /  6:08 am  Dec 28, 1988 /
>>>Does any one have an implementation of alloca() which will allocate
>>>room on the stack and free it upon the return from a routine?
>
>	Try linking in libPW from /lib/{small|large}.  It includes a
>working alloca.  I have used it with gnu make, gnu diff, etc.

	This is the case for SCO XENIX.  Is it there for Microport?
I didn't find it in my MS-DOS C manual; did it make an appearance there,
and if so, where and at what version?

			Thanks...
			Andy