Re: glib: alloca brain damages

[Kenneth Albanowski <kjahds kjahds com>]

On Fri, 8 Jan 1999, Jeff Garzik wrote:

> Kenneth Albanowski wrote:
> > I don't have rigourous knowledge of alloca on various platforms, but my
> > gut feeling is that trusting any of its behaviour whatsoever is somewhat
> > dangerous. [...]
> 
> If you can't trust it, replace it.  That's why AC_FUNC_ALLOCA exists.

True, but fake alloca is slightly less interesting then real alloca, as
it's not a perfect emulation. More consistent by a long shot, I'll grant.

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Kenneth Albanowski (kjahds@kjahds.com, CIS: 70705,126)