cvs commit: src/include stdlib.h

[Ruslan Ermilov]

On Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 11:41:30AM -0700, David O'Brien wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 01:26:53PM -0500, Juli Mallett wrote:
> > Please make the lint case the default case.  The error is silly.
> 
> It is not silly.  Alloca is *so* tied to how the compiler is generating
> code that it isn't funny.  Note we have no alloca implementation in
> /usr/src -- the compiler *must* provide it.  What is the use in compiling
> something you cannot link?  I know some are working on TenDRA and I don't
> want to leave a hidden land mine for it to fall over.
> 
The alloca(3) manpage says:

: BUGS
:      The alloca() function is machine dependent; its use is discouraged.

Shouldn't it instead say:

: BUGS
:      The alloca() function is machine and compiler dependent; its use
:      is discouraged.


Cheers,
-- 
Ruslan Ermilov		Sysadmin and DBA,
ru at sunbay.com		Sunbay Software Ltd,
ru at FreeBSD.org		FreeBSD committer
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