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From: phd_ivo@gsbacd.uchicago.edu
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Subject: Suggestion for the LSC compiler writers
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Date: 24 Feb 89 15:27:40 GMT
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The reason I don't use LSC or any other micro compiler is that there is
a lack of protection against my out-of-range pointers overwriting some
other storage space. 

It would be trivial for a compiler to include an optional
"anti-efficiency" switch so that each time the compiler creates an
assignment (e.g.  to a pointer), the compiler inserts code that checks
if this location is outside the data segment.  If there is, a warning or
abort routine could be called.  This would be extremely trivial to do
for the compiler implementer, and would go very far in making the
development process much less painful. 

ivo welch	phd_ivo@gsbacd.uchicago.edu