Paul Eggert wrote: > On 08/27/2010 01:39 AM, Jim Meyering wrote: > >> - use xnmalloc, not malloc+test+return, so we don't ignore malloc failure. >> - use sizeof *VAR, not "sizeof TYPE" -- the former is more maintainable. >> - adjust indentation to retain declaration alignment > > There are many places in other GNU apps, including gnulib, where > it's assumed that one can declare a 4 kB-or-so array on the stack without > any problem. So I'm surprised to see the need for this change to GNU grep. > Surely we don't need to go through GNU apps and rejigger things for > configurations with 4 kB stacks? By today's standards, such stacks are > ridiculously small.
Patrick, For our reference, on what system does this change help you?
