Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 22:04:43 +0300 From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> To: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/include stdlib.h Message-ID: <20030625190443.GI75112@sunbay.com> In-Reply-To: <20030625184130.GA45336@dragon.nuxi.com> References: <200306251811.h5PIBWxs078351@repoman.freebsd.org> <20030625132653.A11826@FreeBSD.org> <20030625184130.GA45336@dragon.nuxi.com>
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--nEsDIrWrg+hrB7l1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 11:41:30AM -0700, David O'Brien wrote: > On Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 01:26:53PM -0500, Juli Mallett wrote: > > Please make the lint case the default case. The error is silly. >=20 > It is not silly. Alloca is *so* tied to how the compiler is generating > code that it isn't funny. Note we have no alloca implementation in > /usr/src -- the compiler *must* provide it. What is the use in compiling > something you cannot link? I know some are working on TenDRA and I don't > want to leave a hidden land mine for it to fall over. >=20 The alloca(3) manpage says: : BUGS : The alloca() function is machine dependent; its use is discouraged. Shouldn't it instead say: : BUGS : The alloca() function is machine and compiler dependent; its use : is discouraged. Cheers, --=20 Ruslan Ermilov Sysadmin and DBA, ru@sunbay.com Sunbay Software Ltd, ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer --nEsDIrWrg+hrB7l1 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE++fJLUkv4P6juNwoRAj/yAJ4uJU3pXPG+9XHyAS5d/milrFTxFwCfZY3O xTF6/WILgzW1VuwaxZTyRVk= =1Aqk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nEsDIrWrg+hrB7l1--
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