Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: setjmp/longjmp question
Message-ID: <1989Feb26.012335.12938@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <8514@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU>
Date: Sun, 26 Feb 89 01:23:35 GMT

In article <8514@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU> ttwang@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (Thomas Wang) writes:
>What I want to know is the behavior of setjmp/longjmp on other machines.
>Would longjmp() clober all local variables if assuming RISC machine, and
>automatic register allocation?

It could.  Furthermore, it could happen on your Sun with future versions
of the compiler.
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