#22: Re-evaluate max. number of get_args values
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Reporter: kjs | Type: todo
Status: new | Priority: minor
Milestone: 1.0 | Component: core
Version: trunk | Severity: low
Keywords: PCC | Lang:
Patch: | Platform: all
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Comment(by NotFound):
I was mistakenly answered this by email some weeks ago.
> In compilers/imcc/pcc.c, in the function pcc_get_args, there is a
#define
> for the maximum number of get_args values:
>
> #define PCC_GET_ARGS_LIMIT 15
This is not the max number of values allowed, is just the number of
values that can be processed without allocating and deallocating
memory. Sorry if the name is misleading.
> The number of 15 seems indeed to be arbitrary, and is certainly a
limitation.
Not a limitation, if the number is greater memory is allocated and
deallocated, instead of using local variables.
> This must be decided and implemented.
No need to implement nothing. The micro-optimization can be reverted
to always allocate, if desired. Or the macro can be renamed and the
comment made more clear, but that can be better done by someone more
fluent in english than me.
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