On Thu, Jun 19, 2003, Nadav Har'El wrote about "Re: [Haifux] stack size": > You're doing something wrong. Huge data structures do not belong on the > stack, which is by definition a small area used for temporary allocation > of small things during function calls (automatic variables, parameters, > and sometimes a little more).
By the way, if you think the 8MB default stack limit is tight, wait till you try Linux kernel programming - the stack there is limited to 8K (if I remember correctly). I once chased an elusive kernel bug, which turned out to be caused by someone putting "large" structures (not huge, just 4K or so) as automatic variables in a function, causing kernel memory after the stack to be destroyed. -- Nadav Har'El | Thursday, Jun 19 2003, 19 Sivan 5763 [EMAIL PROTECTED] |----------------------------------------- Phone: +972-53-245868, ICQ 13349191 |Tact is the art of making a point without http://nadav.harel.org.il |making an enemy. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Haifa Linux Club Mailing List (http://www.haifux.org) To unsub send an empty message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
