From: Martin <martin.dowie@btopenworld.com>
Subject: Re: Use aggregates (Was: Allocation question)
Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 09:38:47 -0700 (PDT)
Date: 2009-05-13T09:38:47-07:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7b4408e9-386d-471b-aad5-9d26dde12682@v17g2000vbb.googlegroups.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: gucp46$bfd$1@munin.nbi.dk
On May 12, 10:18 pm, "Randy Brukardt" <ra...@rrsoftware.com> wrote:
> "Martin" <martin.do...@btopenworld.com> wrote in message
>
> news:26af755b-0b90-429f-a688-86bf307da2b5@o20g2000vbh.googlegroups.com...
>
> >> This is not always a good idea. On some targets, GNAT places the
> >> aggregate on the stack and this can raise a Storage_Error. In avionics
> >> programs, I remember replacing aggregates with loops for this reason.
>
> >And not just GNAT...in fact, I'm struggling to remember a compiler
> >that _doesn't_ do the "large and slow (and stupid?)" aggregate for
> >assignment (or initialisation).
>
> You must have not used many Ada compilers.
The current count is 7 (for my day job) + 3 (for home work).
Cheers
-- Martin
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Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-05-11 10:23 Allocation question Olivier Scalbert
2009-05-11 10:38 ` Georg Bauhaus
2009-05-11 10:40 ` Ludovic Brenta
2009-05-11 12:14 ` Olivier Scalbert
2009-05-11 12:18 ` Ludovic Brenta
2009-05-11 13:01 ` Olivier Scalbert
2009-05-11 12:26 ` Jacob Sparre Andersen
2009-05-11 13:27 ` Ludovic Brenta
2009-05-11 10:51 ` Use aggregates (Was: Allocation question) Jacob Sparre Andersen
2009-05-11 11:46 ` Olivier Scalbert
2009-05-11 12:16 ` Ludovic Brenta
2009-05-11 21:26 ` sjw
2009-05-12 5:58 ` GNAT, aggregates and efficiency (Was: Use aggregates) Jacob Sparre Andersen
2009-05-12 18:57 ` sjw
2009-05-12 7:47 ` Use aggregates (Was: Allocation question) Martin
2009-05-12 10:24 ` Brian Drummond
2009-05-12 11:07 ` Georg Bauhaus
2009-05-12 11:14 ` Georg Bauhaus
2009-05-12 21:18 ` Randy Brukardt
2009-05-13 16:38 ` Martin [this message]
2009-05-13 20:38 ` Randy Brukardt
2009-05-14 10:48 ` Martin
2009-05-12 9:13 ` Emacs Stephen Leake
2009-05-12 9:38 ` Emacs Ludovic Brenta
2009-05-12 9:46 ` Emacs Olivier Scalbert
2009-05-11 10:57 ` Allocation question Philipp Riegger
2009-05-11 12:18 ` Georg Bauhaus
2009-05-11 12:36 ` Philipp Riegger
2009-05-11 23:32 ` Brian Drummond
2009-05-12 1:09 ` tmoran
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