> > But for allocations of "small" sizes alloca() is not more dangerous than
 > > calling another function.
 > 
 > How do you decide what a small size is?

How do you decide when it's reasonable to allocate a structure or
fixed-sized buffer on the stack?  It's really the same problem, and
judgement and common-sense apply (e.g., a recursively called function
needs to minimize stack allocations).

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meem
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