Re: [gpsd-dev] alloca

[Gary E. Miller]

Yo Hal!

On Tue, 16 Aug 2016 15:54:32 -0700
Hal Murray <address@hidden> wrote:

> I'm not sure why you are using it.  It seems not well loved.

I'll take a patch.  alloca() was already there from a long time ago.
For now I'm just trying to get things to build again.

But just between you and me, I really like alloca().  Dunno why it is
so hated.  With alloca() you can never forget the free() and it
is trivial to code into a library.

>       If the allocation causes stack overflow, program
> behavior is undefined.

Well, duh.  Anything on the stack can do that!

Otherwise, how are the errors going on your end?

RGDS
GARY
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