From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Jul 15 2:11:50 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 194EE37B400 for ; Mon, 15 Jul 2002 02:11:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from comp.chem.msu.su (comp-ext.chem.msu.su [158.250.32.157]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EBF1D43E64 for ; Mon, 15 Jul 2002 02:11:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from yar@comp.chem.msu.su) Received: (from yar@localhost) by comp.chem.msu.su (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g6F9BMm63705; Mon, 15 Jul 2002 13:11:22 +0400 (MSD) (envelope-from yar) Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 13:11:22 +0400 From: Yar Tikhiy To: Terry Lambert Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Large variables on stack Message-ID: <20020715131121.C61915@comp.chem.msu.su> References: <20020712194809.A62768@comp.chem.msu.su> <3D2F4DE4.932D4995@mindspring.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3D2F4DE4.932D4995@mindspring.com>; from tlambert2@mindspring.com on Fri, Jul 12, 2002 at 02:45:08PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi Terry, On Fri, Jul 12, 2002 at 02:45:08PM -0700, Terry Lambert wrote: > > My gut feeling is: if you are asking this question, then you are > trying to justify doing something that you know is bad, but want > to do anyway because it would be easier than doing it right. My > answer to that is: trust your instincts, even if it means more work. In fact, I'm trying to justify to myself fixing this issue in existing code along with doing more serious work on it :-) To everybody participating in this thread: Thank you a lot for clarifying this question to me and all the list readers. It has been a really fruitful discussion. -- Yar To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message