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From: dewar@gnat.com (Robert Dewar)
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Subject: Re: reasons for segmentation faults on linux
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David Starner <dvdeug@x8b4e53cd.dhcp.okstate.edu> wrote in message news:<9u3okd$9ic2@news.cis.okstate.edu>...


> If I remember the GNAT RM/UG right, trapping stack 
> overflow is
> infeasable on Linux system, so by default it doesn't
> attempt it. There
> are switchs you can add to make an attempt at it.

This is misleading. Stack checking is off in gcc by default
(and gnat always follows general gcc decisions on defaults
for gcc switches, since it would get very confusing if the
defaults were language dependent. If you turn on the switch, you get
stack checking, nothing "infeasible"
about it.