From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_00 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,8055158949c56618 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-10-16 06:42:15 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!canoe.uoregon.edu!cyclone1.gnilink.net!spamfinder.gnilink.net!nwrddc01.gnilink.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "Frank J. Lhota" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <0P_q9.20625$nb.4430@nwrddc02.gnilink.net> Subject: Re: Storage Pools and alloca X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Message-ID: Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2002 13:42:14 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 141.157.178.79 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verizon.net X-Trace: nwrddc01.gnilink.net 1034775734 141.157.178.79 (Wed, 16 Oct 2002 09:42:14 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2002 09:42:14 EDT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:29841 Date: 2002-10-16T13:42:14+00:00 List-Id: "Robert A Duff" wrote in message news:wccvg43ift4.fsf@shell01.TheWorld.com... > > By that I mean the declaration of "alloca" is often followed by > > > > #pragma implicit( alloca ) > > Sorry, I don't know what that pragma means. Please explain. > Is it standard C or C++? GAHHH! Sorry, my mistake, I meant to say intrinsic, not implicit. I cannot even blame this error on my spell checker, my only excuse for such a stupid typo is that I ran out of coffee yesterday. Never again will I post anything before I've had coffess. > > The next time ACT-Europe revises the document "Common C/C++/Java Pitfalls & > > How Ada Avoids Them" document, they may wish to include something about how > > Ada can create a dynamically sized stack object with the hassles and dangers > ^^^^ ;-) > > of "alloca" calls. > > Funny typo. ;-) Once again, this demonstrates that although Java the language is not essential to my work, Java the beverage definitely is.