----- Original Message -----
From: "DJ Delorie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 2:00 PM
Subject: Re: next porting question for gcj
>
> A simple test will show you:
>
> main()
> {
> char *b = alloca(500);
> return b[3];
> }
>
> Compile with gcc, and you'll see that alloca is implemented directly,
> without function calls.
>
> __builtin_alloca is the internal way gcc implements it; either works
> just fine but __builtin_alloca is more immune to being #define'd to
> something else. It's not specific to Cygwin.
>
All the same, the bootstrapped stage 3 g++ failed to find alloca.
__builtin_alloca was found easily enough.
Rob
